diamondcutter
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2014
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- China
- Current Location
- China
After class on Wednesday, I hurried to the school skateboarding club. I was running out of the classroom when I bumped into a girl literally. I said sorry to her and she smiled at me.
(from an English textbook for senior high school students in China, published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press)
In the 2nd sentence, the use of “literally” looks odd to me. I’d like to know if it means “exactly” here.
(from an English textbook for senior high school students in China, published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press)
In the 2nd sentence, the use of “literally” looks odd to me. I’d like to know if it means “exactly” here.