Tag: care

I Don’t Care

From Twitter:

Jo: Trump passed a new law.
Bo: _. What is it, no Korean or Chinese travel?
Jo: I thought you didn’t care.
Bo: I don’t, but was I right?
Jo: No. He banned negative reporters from the White House.
Bo: Old news.

Choose the best answer:
I couldn’t care.
I don’t know.
Who cares?

Answer

The answer is Who cares, because this expression means no one cares, certainly I don’t care, so who does (care)?

‘I don’t know‘ doesn’t create any sense, if you look at the statement from Jo. It would not be the correct response.

I couldn’t is grammatically correct, but awkward without ‘less,’ as the common expression is ‘I couldn’t care less.’

Friends at A Smokey Izakaya

From Twitter

Clerk: I __ go. I __ get up early; I’m __ to meet my boss early–and, I __ stop drinking, eating so much pork.

Clerk’s Foreign Friend (a vegetarian wearing a gas mask who sipped one beer all night): Cool.

① must
② have to
③ supposed to
④ should

Answers And Explanation:
I have to go. (Answer 2) Have to shows obligation.
I should get up early; (Answer 4) Should shows obligations we want to resist
I’m supposed to meet my boss early (Answer 3) Supposed to precedes obligations others are expecting.
–and, I must stop drinking, eating so much pork. (Answer 1) Must introduces intentions or obligations with moral- or beneficial- imperatives.

Care of/Take Care?/Care About?

From Twitter
Quiz (クイズ )
Choose the right phrase to complete the sentence:
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__ one’s health is important for a long, good life. (1)
__ yourself; I’ll see you next year. (2)
__ the things you can change. (3)

a. Take care of
b. Care about/care for
c. Care of
d. Concerning about

Answers: c, a, b:
Care of one’s health is important for a long, good life. (1.)
Take care of yourself; I’ll see you next year. (2.)
Care about the things you can change. (3.)

Explanation:
1. ‘Care of’ is used in formal speech and writing (like in expository writing). Simply: We don’t use ‘Care of’ in everyday speech.

2. ‘Take care of’ is used with things and people we directly interact with. We take care of ourselves. Simply: ‘Take care of’ is active

3. ‘Care about‘ is used with subjects as a whole and often for things and people we do not necessarily directly interact with. John is an auto mechanic, but cares about the space program. Simply: ‘Care about‘ it is abstract.

Examples;
The care of the soul is a subject of most religions. (1.)
I told my mom I would take care of cleaning my room before going out. (2.)
Mom cares about my play-time, but more about my room being clean. (3.)