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Get your point, but actually "literally" did actually used to have a different meaning. Only recently have dictionaries accepted the nonliteral use as a form o
by WhitneyLand 10y ago
Get your point, but actually "literally" did actually used to have a different meaning. Only recently have dictionaries accepted the nonliteral use as a form of emphasis. In fact Cambridge still disallows it for formal speech.
- taeric 10y agoDefine recently. :) http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/misuse-of-literally http://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/misuse-of-liter... Now... I deserve to be literally roasted for some of the other mistakes above. I should know throw versus through... Not even pronounced the same...