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This article claims the idiom predates Merriam-Webster. https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2020/12/one-of-the-only.html https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2020/12/one-
by skylurk 1y ago
This article claims the idiom predates Merriam-Webster.
https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2020/12/one-of-the-only.html https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2020/12/one-of-the-only.html
- pixelpoet 1y agoI'm likewise aware that using literally to mean figuratively isn't particularly new, but the phrase's existence or age isn't the issue.
- skylurk 1y agoI respect your commitment to influence the evolution of the language :)
- pixelpoet 1y agoHeh, I just write too much too readily about unimportant opinions, and a lot of people read sentences longer than a few words as incontrovertible proof of being triggered :D Also it's difficult not to call out the hypocrisy of descriptivists simultaneously saying that basically anything goes, but my preferred use of language in particular is wrong and I need to listen to what they prescribe :P