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3) My never-solicited grammar advice on this topic is: if you use the word "literally" more than, oh, twice a year you are mis-using it. Thank you for letting me share ;-)
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2.1) (OK, pt 2 was exactly your point.)
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2) Then there is that best-of-the-best sub-set of the cognitive elite whom we commonly refer to as "sportscasters." They are metaphorical fountains of locutions such as "That pitcher is literally throwing flame out there," or "Tom Brady is literally carving up the defense."
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1) Nah. I think most folks (mis-) use literally to mean "I'm not exaggerating here!!" E.g., "He literally lives across the street." The "literally" here is, of course, utterly & maddeningly superfluous....
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It doent “mean” figuratively, it is used in a figurative manner, which is a valid linguistic choice.
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And then there's "sanction," getting away with being its own antonym. As standard usage!
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I was literally just thinking that
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