> > > By JAKE COYLE, AP Entertainment Writer > > Two days later, Les Paul died at the age of 94. His contributions to > > music can't be underestimated; he developed multitrack recording and > > the solid-body electric guitar. > > His contributions can't be *over*estimated, if the intent is to > suggest that those contributions are greater than even his admirers > imagine. We might also allow ``must not be understated''. > > I went back and forth on this one. There seems to be a vigorous debate on the interwebs as to whether "can't be understimated" is okay now because the misuse -- along the lines of could/couldn't care less -- is so common now as to yield an independent meaning for the obviously wrong phrase.
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