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[jrwhite82]

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[earthquakez]

No, you should have written "Figuratively sweating bullets".

Really, anybody with such time on their hands as to trawl around like the fellow you're answering 'correcting' posters who don't agree with his limited worldview is to be pitied. "Checkmate"? Who would have thought the eslcafe exists to bolster certain individuals' low self-esteem?

[jrwhite82]

[happiness]

my hs did this to me and I did a 5 min explanation on Hawaiian English and tied it up with Koreans in Hawaii and US and future and globalization and I got the job.

true....

[liveinkorea316]

A couple of copied definitions from populoar online dictionaries show that Earthquake and the other person were wrong. That in fact "Literally" has been widely used as an intensifier. This was orignally a "wrong" usage of the word but as we know languages change and literally now has that use as an acceptable one.



lit�er�al�ly (ltr--l)
adv.
1. In a literal manner; word for word: translated the Greek passage literally.
2. In a literal or strict sense: Don't take my remarks literally.


3. Usage Problem

a. Really; actually: "There are people in the world who literally do not know how to boil water" (Craig Claiborne).

b. Used as an intensive before a figurative expression.
Usage Note: For more than a hundred years, critics have remarked on the incoherency of using literally in a way that suggests the exact opposite of its primary sense of "in a manner that accords with the literal sense of the words." In 1926, for example, H.W. Fowler cited the example "The 300,000 Unionists ... will be literally thrown to the wolves." The practice does not stem from a change in the meaning of literally itselfif it did, the word would long since have come to mean "virtually" or "figuratively"but from a natural tendency to use the word as a general intensive, as in They had literally no help from the government on the project, where no contrast with the figurative sense of the words is intended.





lit�er�al�ly   /ˈlɪtərəli/ Show Spelled
[lit-er-uh-lee] Show IPA

�adverb
1. in the literal or strict sense: What does the word mean literally?
2. in a literal manner; word for word: to translate literally.
3. actually; without exaggeration or inaccuracy: The city was literally destroyed.
4. in effect; in substance; very nearly; virtually.
Use literally in a Sentence
See images of literally
Search literally on the Web

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Origin:
1525�35; literal + -ly


�Can be confused:   figuratively, literally, virtually (see usage note at this entry ).


�Usage note
Since the early 20th century, literally has been widely used as an intensifier meaning �in effect, virtually,� a sense that contradicts the earlier meaning �actually, without exaggeration�: The senator was literally buried alive in the Iowa primaries. The parties were literally trading horses in an effort to reach a compromise. The use is often criticized; nevertheless, it appears in all but the most carefully edited writing. Although this use of literally irritates some, it probably neither distorts nor enhances the intended meaning of the sentences in which it occurs. The same might often be said of the use of literally in its earlier sense �actually�: The garrison was literally wiped out: no one survived.

[liveinkorea316]

[jrwhite82]

Well, thanks for the backup liveinkorea316. I don't know what else we can say about this topic. We are literally kicking a dead horse. (I had to throw that in there)

[ontheway]

Dictionaries are reference tools that often list common usages that, while incorrect, need to be listed in order for the user of the dictionary to understand something he or she may have read or heard. Thus, although my dictionary lists the commonly confused usages of "illusion" and "allusion" it is not intended to imply approval of these incorrect uses. Nor are the commonly used conjugations: "I be, you be, we be, they be, he be, she be," accepted as proper, even if published in a dictionary, although some have argued that they should be considered an acceptable alternative or even designated as part of a separate language.

[liveinkorea316]

[quote="ontheway"]Dictionaries are reference tools that often list common usages that, while incorrect, need to be listed in order for the user of the dictionary to understand something he or she may have read or heard. Thus, although my dictionary lists the commonly confused usages of "illusion

but "literally" is often used in the way mentioned in this thread. As was mentioned in the dictionary. So by your own reasoning there is nothing wrong with using it that way.

[ontheway]

[cragesmure]

[PatrickGHBusan]

[rockymtn]

"Literally sweating bullets" is a hyperbole and he used it correctly.

gadfly- Trying to hire the best teacher for the job is a difficult task. In the US we hired a guy who interviewed really well and had a good resume but really lacked classroom managment skills. He could have a million great lessons (hyperbole) but they were wasted because the kids were out of control. I believe there are some skills you cannot see in a sample lesson. Finding qualified teachers is tough. I think you end up making teachers better with training than finding ones who have a real gift for teaching.

[jrwhite82]