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Ross: Can you give me a ride? Russ: I don't care. / I don't care for it. Does the former mean "yes" and the latter mean "no"? Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Idon'tcare/Idon'tcarefor Threadstarter Wookie Startdate Oct9,2007 Wookie SeniorMember Korea,Korean Ross:Canyougivemearide? Russ:Idon'tcare./Idon'tcareforit. Doestheformermean"yes"andthelattermean"no"? Iwanttoknowthedifferenceinmeaningbetweenwhenyousayadditional"forit"andnot.   C CristinaAllende SeniorMember US,English Wookiesaid: Ross:Canyougivemearide? Russ:Idon'tcare./Idon'tcareforit. Doestheformermean"yes"andthelattermean"no"? Iwanttoknowthedifferenceinmeaningbetweenwhenyousayadditional"forit"andnot. Clicktoexpand... Neitheroftheseresponsesactuallymakesmuchsenseinthiscontext. Youcouldusethefirstresponseinaconversationlikethis: DoyoumindifIridewithyou? Idon'tcare. Youcouldusethesecondresponseasyoudon'tliketodosomething,likeinthisexample: Doyoulikegivingmerides? Idon'tcareforit. Inessence,thesetwosentencesprovidedistinctmeanings.Idon'tcaremeans"whateveryouwanttodo,I'mimpartial."Idon'tcareforitisanoutdatedphraseofsayingyoudon'tlikesomething.Makesense? Christina   tinlizzy SeniorMember Iowa USA-English Wookie- IhaveabigpieceofpizzaandIsayWookiewouldyoulikesome? Yousay,Idon'tcare.(youaresaying,ifyouwanttogivemesomeI'lleatit.) Yousay,Idon'tcareforit.(youaresaying,Idon'tlikepizza)   JamesM SeniorMember LosAngeles,California English,USA You'vebeengivensomeexcellentexampleshere.Anotherpossibility: Canyougivemearide? Idon'tcareto. Thismeans"Iwouldprefernottogiveyouaride"or"Idon'tfeellikegivingyouaride."(Itwouldbearudereply.)   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top