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> The word "literally" can no longer be trusted to mean "in a literal sense". It's frequently used as an intensifier. It was ever thus. See, for example, http
by ttctciyf 2y ago
> The word "literally" can no longer be trusted to mean "in a literal sense". It's frequently used as an intensifier.
It was ever thus.
See, for example, https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/96439 https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/25/96439
- tgv 2y agoThat's a bad case of gotcha linguistics.
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