DemPGH
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« on: January 31, 2014, 11:43:53 PM » |
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It's often overused or used unnecessarily, like the example in the OP, but I don't have a strong opinion about it, especially informally. If it is used as an intensifier in places that are appropriate and not too often, I don't mind it.
If something remarkable occurred and you report it by saying, "That literally happened," I have no issue with it. Okay, it literally happened, no exaggeration. In places where it could be used I often try to use a word like "actually" or some equivalent.
When I was a kid "like" was way, way overused in ordinary, informal speech. "Literally" hasn't gotten that bad, but it is approaching it.
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