No, sorry, that's not what I meant, Jan. I meant that people are now using
"literally" as a means of emphasis, thus undermining its meaning and losing us
another useful word.
Chris
On 30 Jan 2011, at 18:42, Jan Steinman wrote:
>
> But you cite "really" as a misapplication of "literally." Isn't literally
> really literally's real meaning? :-)
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