Thursday, April 16, 2009
A Literal Apology
For literally years I have been internally mocking people who use "literally" with sayings that aren't literally true, eg, "my heart literally broke". Well now I am offering an external apology as apparently it's ok to use "literally" as an idiom intensifier, as long as you are careful of "unintentionally bizarre or humorous effects." According to Chambers.
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2 comments:
oh god no.
I figuratively cannot believe it.
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