> What is the point of the word literally then? I don't think words have a point. > What information does it convey if not to say that it is actually, without

> What is the point of the word literally then? I don't think words have a point. > What information does it convey if not to say that it is actually, without exaggeration? Sometimes it does convey that. And sometimes it's merely an intensifier. Lots of words are like that.