>>Oh, and another cliche that REALLY bugs me is when someone is surprised and they say "I'm literally speechless" and then go on to gab incessantly (quite often about how they're still literally speechless).
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>It is amazing how many people today use the word "literally" to mean "figuratively." <s>
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>Tamar
Not just today. In my 1st years at grammar school we kept a notebook of "Common Mistakes" and that was one of the first, along with people being "livid with rage" (deathly pale; pallid; ashen) although that defo seems to have crept into acceptable language, along with "What are you trying to infer?" instead of "imply".
Oh, and "they were
sat at the table" and "he was
stood by the door"
Terry
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
