Re: [OM] All wrought up (was) IMG: Snow Again

[Jan Steinman]

Yea, Chris... "literally" jerks my chain nearly as much as "virtually" when 
used for the same purpose. The worst example I've seen was, "He was virtually 
lying." Ugh.

But you cite "really" as a misapplication of "literally." Isn't literally 
really literally's real meaning? :-)

On 30 Jan 11, at 03:16, olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] All wrought up (was) IMG: Snow Again
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> "Literally" is my bugbear, used a great deal when someone means "really" or 
> "amazingly".  But I have just read on the BBC website about some organisation 
> being "positivley pro-active". Aaaargh!
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 29 Jan 2011, at 17:08, Jan Steinman wrote:
> 
>> 
>> My favourite ugly meme is people saying "absolutely" when they mean 
>> "certainly," although I guess the distinction is too subtle for most to care 
>> about.

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