This is a great feature on the subject:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafr...terally-up-in-arms-about-literally-seriously/
http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafr...terally-up-in-arms-about-literally-seriously/
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Dictionary update on the use of the word LITERALLY...
- Thread starter Spun Cuppa
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Pevenseagull
Anti-greed coalition
- Jul 20, 2003
- 19,640
Since when did Radio 1 DJs molesting youngsters become 'historical'?
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Check out the pics of Luisa Zissman on the Daily Mail femail today section of the weblink.
Literally fit as!
With NSC being a hive of pedantry, I noticed in the news that the for years misused word 'literally' has had its definition updated to allow its use in phrases like 'I was literally tearing my hair out...', to add emphasis, as well as its formerly literal meaning, to tell the truth...
I remember listening to a few ding dongs on the subject, usually around a table in a pub
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...y-admits-used-wrong-sense-word-literally.html
Check out the pics of Luisa Zissman on the Daily Mail femail today section of the weblink.
Literally fit as!
BuddyBoy
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- Mar 3, 2013
- 780
I'm fascinated by your mate Paddy's use of the word fascinate.
Baron Pepperpot
Active member
'same difference' is the term that bemuses me
fat old seagull
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The use pedantry or membership of the Grammar Police on forums serves only to gob off about how clever one is. Whilst their victim or even just casual observers usually form the opinion that the self imposed peer is not only rude but LITERALLY a prat !
Bevendean Hillbilly
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What are Private eye going to do for Larfs now? They will literally be going apeshit.
Infer and imply confuse me still. This implies I am uneducated or do you infer that I am?
My son explains the difference quite well. Bears are infur, sheds are inply.
Allegedly.