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Topic	Are you bothered by slang and improper grammar?
dainkinkaide 09/17/23 4:56:47 PM #51:	Azn_Psycho posted... Literally being incorrectly used as figuratively triggers me No one uses 'literally' to mean 'figuratively'. People do use a hyperbolic form of 'literally' as an intensifier, but it doesn't mean 'figuratively'. As it is almost always flagrantly obvious when someone is using hyperbolic 'literally', it can exist perfectly well alongside literal 'literally'. Now, the one thing about the English language that I do take issue with is the use of 'candelabras'. That's a plural of a plural, and it's literally wrong. --- The problem with the internet today is that it's filled with entire generations that did not grow up with the great wisdom of the Wyld Stallyns. <cite>dainkinkaide posted [p:976133480] in Are you bo... [t:80564510]...</cite> <quote>Azn_Psycho posted... </cite><quote>Literally being incorrectly used as figuratively triggers me</quote>No one uses 'literally' to mean 'figuratively'. People do use a hyperbolic form of 'literally' as an intensifier, but it doesn't mean 'figuratively'. As it is almost always flagrantly obvious when someone is using hyperbolic 'literally', it can exist perfectly well alongside literal 'literally'.Now, the one thing about the English language that I do take issue with is the use of 'candelabras'. That's a plural of a plural, and it's literally wrong. --- The problem with the internet today is that it's filled with entire generations that did not grow up with the great wisdom of the Wyld Stallyns.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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