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Subject: [OM] OWCH! That hurt my ear
From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 15:43:00 +0000
BJoP: >>>"The OM4Ti is, quite literally, a gem."<<<

What an illiterate sentence! Something is literally a simile? A "gem" is
a faceted or polished precious or semiprecious stone. When you say a
thing or a person is a "gem," meaning that it is "valued for its beauty,
perfection, or preciousness," it is not a literal meaning, but a
figurative meaning. It's fine to say "The OM-4Ti is a gem," but the
OM-4Ti  is literally NOT a gem. It is figuratively a gem.

Sheesh!

--Mike


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