12 Responses to “Will you watch?”

1. larry d. Says:
   May 7th, 2007 at 4:58 pm

   I'll probably check in at Round 117 or so, just to see if I get picked again.

2. Ryan Says:
   May 7th, 2007 at 7:10 pm

   They are REEEEEEAAAAAALLLLLLYYYYYYY reachin' this time. No one will be watching except potential draftees, their parents and maybe a few baseball execs. Or unless Brady Quinn decides to play baseball.

3. Alan Tucker Says:
   May 8th, 2007 at 9:25 am

   Call me incredibly anal, but it is "couldn't care less."

   You are a professional editor that supervises professional writers, even if they sometimes write like starry-eyed fans. Your error is a common mistake, but there is a reason you get paid the big bucks. You should know better.

   Thank you for letting me get that off my chest. My Prozac refills ran out.

4. Bill Says:
   May 8th, 2007 at 11:15 am

   Hey, Anal…(at least you got ONE thing right):

   Ledger used the proper wording, but you're too stupid to know it. Try reading it again, real slow-like…sound out the words. Sheesh, Anal. Bet that's what your teachers called you, too.

5. Alan Tucker Says:
   May 8th, 2007 at 11:28 am

   Bill, you're wrong, and any language maven, like James Kilpatrick, would tell you the same thing. But then again, you're too dim a bulb to realize I was writing totally tongue-in-cheek, so who gives a rat's patootie?

6. Sean Says:
   May 8th, 2007 at 5:49 pm

   Bill is correct. It's the correct wording.
   "Will you watch or couldn't care less" doesn't make sense.
   Perhaps a comma before the word "or" would have helped, but geez, it's a blog.
   Yes, he's an editor, but blogs are often done in addition to the editor's real work of putting out the paper, and rarely are edited.
   I try my best to make all corrections before posting something, but mistakes are much, much more likely on a blog.
   Give the guy a break.
   Other than that, I couldn't care less (about the draft :-).

7. Ron Says:
   May 8th, 2007 at 6:59 pm

   Does it work for everyone now.

8. Alan Tucker Says:
   May 8th, 2007 at 10:35 pm

   Sean, it wasn't correct, but like I said, I truly couldn't care less. Rat's patootie.

   With respect to Ron's question, yes, it works. It's more perfect than a cannibal meal featuring Bartolo Colon and C.C. Sabathia twirling on a spit.

9. Bill Says:
   May 9th, 2007 at 8:02 am

   Ron, sadly you caved in to a moronsky.

   Once again, Anal: Yes, a person would say "I couldn't care less."

   However, Ron was asking the question, "Will you watch or could you care less?" Could. You. Care. Less? NOT: Could. You. Not. Care. Less.

   Consult anyone with a basic understanding of language to realize you need more grammar lessons.

10. Alan Tucker Says:
    May 9th, 2007 at 9:26 am

    But Bill, that wasn't Ron's intent. It was wrong. Period. Jeez, Louise. The fact that you're still carrying on about it makes you far more anal than I'll ever be, even though I was just joshing about it in the first place.

    Those cannibals might benefit by adding you to their C.C. and Bartolo buffet.

11. larry d. Says:
    May 9th, 2007 at 11:56 am

    Alan was right. If someone "could care less" aren't odds pretty good they would watch? If they "couldn't care less," they definitely wouldn't watch. The original sentence was an either/or question–will you watch or won't you (couldn't care less).

12. Sean Says:
    May 11th, 2007 at 9:13 pm

    It was right in the beginning. Ask any English major.
    It is a compound sentence joined by the word or. The second part of it needs a subject: "or couldn't YOU care less." Otherwise it is a fragment.
    Larry D's explanation is correct only by definition of those statements alone (could care less - couldn't care less). The original statement needed a subject (you).
    Hey, Alan brought it all up, yes jokingly, but also an apparent attempt to top an editor (which we get often in this business).

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