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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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Literally
I misuse this one all the time in causal speech, as in “I was laughing so hard I was literally peeing my pants.” Since literally means, “actually” or “without exaggeration” it shouldn’t be used in the figurative sense (and luckily, my statement was figurative).
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I misuse this one all the time in causal speech, as in “I was laughing so hard I was literally peeing my pants.” Since literally means, “actually” or “without exaggeration” it shouldn’t be used in the figurative sense (and luckily, my statement was figurative).
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