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Apparently, they could care less. There have been numerous theories about why people began to drop the negative particle, including sarcasm, lack of education, and that the phrase simply sounds better when omitting the not. We have no firm opinion on any of these, but would like to point out that uses of could care less with the negation given elsewhere in the sentence have been around for a fairly long time.

The writer evidently has no more heart for the appreciation of Canning and his errors than Lord Palmerston himself has, and evidently cares no more about Lord Palmerston, whom he tries to praise, than we ourselves do. It is impossible that he could care less. His bearing towards male acquaintances, of whom he knew little or nothing and could care less, was marked by an affectation of gushing friendliness, which overdid itself.

I know many people who, if the archbishop were to be roasted, would go to get a bit of him, because he has yielded to the Catholics respecting giving children the whole Bible. But he goes on, and he could not care less for abuse if he were made of wood.

We understand why could care less sticks in your craw: it appears to mean something rather opposed to what it purports to mean. The verb "pass" has many different meanings, and the context helps us understand which meaning is intended. It is perfectly common and acceptable to say "he passed" or "he passed away" when you mean "he died" because the context will make it clear what you mean.

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Please help me to understand when we can use have like this. There are lots of things that we have in English, meaning that we enjoy or experience them. He was in a foul mood when he got back, but now that he's had a shower and a snooze, he's calmed down a bit. Have you had a nice evening, Barbara? I had an argument with Tom and I've had enough for one day. Have you always had hay fever? Thus, your example sentence, Sazd, I've had a headache since early morning , is quite correct.