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Wednesday, 11 April 2018

"Literally" my pet peeve

My pet peeve is when people use the word "literally" when they mean "figuratively".
     For example: "I literally DIED."
     Unless you literally died and then were brought back to life, please don't put the word "literally" before the hyperbole.
     It isn't always necessary to state when a person is using figurative language, but "literally" is a specific word I don't think should be used to emphasize a non-literal statement. Otherwise, why word do we have for "literally"? "Literally literally"?
      This is too much...

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