People who complain about that are being silly - that's how language works, and adapts.Īnd the people who complain about literally don't seem to mind people doing the exact same thing as literally with really/truly/very/seriously/etc. Similar to how literally can be used as an intensifier without regard for the "original" definition, or how it can even be used directly to mean figuratively. I'd put the arbitrary barrier there though and say it's generally not correct in British English dialects.īut it absolutely is correct in American dialects where it's used frequently, or even almost absolutely. Saying it here would be invalid because you're going to cause a moment of confusion - that said I suspect most people would grasp what they meant, so on some level it still has a correctness - turns out where you draw the barrier about what is right and wrong is entirely arbitrary unless you define is as a complete lack of understanding. I hardly ever hear it here in the UK, but when I do it's always "I couldn't care less". Saying "I could care less" is just as valid in areas that saying is commonly used. All that matters is if someone understands it. Things like this regularly flip and change over time. Language is based on conveying information. Standing above the surface on the coronet of spring steel legs, they would tilt toward a bulldozer blade when pushed before detonating and firing the forged fragments toward the vehicle." They would explode at preset intervals or if disturbed. The cylindrical case of the mine was made from dimpled steel and on detonation would spread small steel anti-personnel fragments, rather like a hand-grenade, in all radial directions. After landing on the surface a small explosive device would fire and release the coronet springs such that the mine would become "erect" on the surface, with their self-forging fragment warhead pointing vertically upwards. The outside of the munition was surrounded by a "coronet" of spring steel strips that were held flat against the sides of the mine. "The HB-876 mines would lie scattered on the surface, making rapid repair of the runway very hazardous. Not sure currently, but there were some used at least in the Gulf War by the Brits to absolutely ruin Iraqi airfields.
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