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This is like saying people misinterpret the word "awful" or "literally"
by hyperbolablabla 1y ago
This is like saying people misinterpret the word "awful" or "literally"
- gweinberg 1y agoThere are good reasons to object to using "literally" as a meaningless filler word instead of, say, to mean "this sounds like hyperbole but it isn't". First, there are times when you need to indicate "this sounds like hyperbole but it isn't", and there really isn't a great alternative. Second, there's no point to having a meaningless filler word. If a sentence means exactly the same thing with and without the "literally", why is it there?