Comments on: literally on youtube http://literally.barelyfitz.com/2007/04/14/literally-on-youtube/ An English language grammar blog tracking abuse of the word "literally" Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:56:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Valerie (Kyriosity) http://literally.barelyfitz.com/2007/04/14/literally-on-youtube/#comment-25607 Valerie (Kyriosity) Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:30:56 +0000 http://literally.barelyfitz.com/2007/04/14/literally-on-youtube/#comment-25607 For his next word of wisdom, perhaps Mr. Danyells would consider "comprise," not to be confused with "compose," as in "Ms. Knowles' dress is <i>composed</i> of barely enough fabric to make a dish cloth." ;-) For his next word of wisdom, perhaps Mr. Danyells would consider “comprise,” not to be confused with “compose,” as in “Ms. Knowles’ dress is composed of barely enough fabric to make a dish cloth.” ;-)

]]> By: TD http://literally.barelyfitz.com/2007/04/14/literally-on-youtube/#comment-5793 TD Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:48:03 +0000 http://literally.barelyfitz.com/2007/04/14/literally-on-youtube/#comment-5793 Bravo! That's hilarious! I would suggest also pointing out to people when they use "literally" that they should have used something like "actually" or "virtually" instead. Bravo! That’s hilarious!

I would suggest also pointing out to people when they use “literally” that they should have used something like “actually” or “virtually” instead.

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