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April 14th, 2007 by Fitz
Jack Danyells created this funny video about the misuse of “literally”:
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April 20th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
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.
August 17th, 2007 at 3:30 am
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.”