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> As far as antidepressants go, [buproprion is] in class all by itself. I'd like to emphasize that this is literally a true statement. It's what's called an a
by pmiller2 8y ago
> As far as antidepressants go, [buproprion is] in class all by itself.
I'd like to emphasize that this is literally a true statement. It's what's called an atypical antidepressant [0] because it doesn't act in a way similar to other antidepressants.
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[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atypical_antidepressant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atypical_antidepressant
- anon2775 8y agoThe word "literally" is misused, unnecessary and annoying.
- pmiller2 8y agoUnnecessary? Only in the sense that my sentence works without the word. It's a rhetorical device. Annoying? You must be easily annoyed. But, misused? Not if you agree with definition 3 on dictionary.com: "actually; without exaggeration or inaccuracy." [0] --- [0]: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/literally https://www.dictionary.com/browse/literally
- trippypig 8y agoI should have know better than to use THAT word on the internet. How silly of me.
- mtVessel 8y agoExcept in this case, where it is required to distinguish the sentence being true in a literal, as opposed to figurative, sense.