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0 pointseYrKEC21mo ago0 comments

I used to enjoy the literate usage of the word "literally".

You'll get over it.

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Using literally to mean figuratively goes back hundreds of years

Not to mention "seriously", "really", "truly", "very", "verily", etc. There's a long history of using words related to truth as intensifiers in English.

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0 pointseYrKEC21mo ago0 comments

I used to enjoy the literate usage of the word "literally".

You'll get over it.

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peterashford1mo ago

Using literally to mean figuratively goes back hundreds of years

duskwuff1mo ago

Not to mention "seriously", "really", "truly", "very", "verily", etc. There's a long history of using words related to truth as intensifiers in English.

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