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Originally Posted by rewboss  I'm not sure I count "literally" as an antagonym or contradictonym -- I think it's just misused.
For my own rant on this particular subject, see this article on my website. |
I have read it and I believe I understand what you mean...
By the way, the sentences at the end of your article sound really strange :). Would someone really say them? I mean, in the meaning of "figuratively".
Could you just explain the coloured text, please?
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Many people die of laughter. Figuratively. A much smaller number of people literally die laughing: unusual but not unheard of. But there is no record of anyone ever having literally laughed their heads off — that would have made headline news. (Although, on consideration, I suppose it might already have made headline news in the National Enquirer.) |