Literally
Guy on TV just said he literally gave his Blood, Sweat & Tears!
Oh, really?
Who drew your blood?
Guy on TV just said he literally gave his Blood, Sweat & Tears!
Oh, really?
Who drew your blood?
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words most often used incorrectly
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In writing, your and you're, their and there, they're.
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DiabolusInMusic
Functionless Art is Merely Tolerated Vandalism
What that capitalization it would appear the fellow gave away one of his old albums, not actual blood, sweat or tears.
I'm sorry, but any apology that begins with "I'm sorry, but" (including this one) is no apology at all.
Speak thou not lightly of repairs, for thee shall be fully tried in blood, sweat and Bondo.
There's a gal on my FB friends list that has a "Sorry, not Sorry!" posted at least weekly.
She seems like a really high & mighty type & she does not take kindly to spelling advice.
It's actually bringing her a bit of grief, as the last one I recall from her was a post about how someone called her boss to tattle on her. She was off from work for days, but in the meantime had posted photos of her & some others at a wildlife park.
Again she was contradicting herself, saying that she didn't need to explain herself to anyone. Ok, then why did you need to explain to your boss that those pictures were from January?
I would remove her from my friends list, but it's comical fun if you read it with the right attitude.
This has been a pet peeve of mine since the first time I heard someone use the word specifically to mean "figuratively" or "metaphorically."
But, in recent months I've heard interviews/presentations by a linguist (whose name escapes me at the moment) talking about a book he recently published, the theme of which seems to be basically that language is constantly evolving, and so we purists need to just get used to it. He spoke at length about the "literally" thing, which evidently has a lot of people's panties in knots, and he made the point that it's actually surprisingly common for the meaning of a word to evolve into its exact opposite. Remember when "That's bad!" meant "That's great!"? He gave a long list of words in common usage today that used to mean the opposite of what they mean now. There's even a technical name for the phenomenon in linguistics, though that name escapes me at the moment as well.
I've always been a purist about language and have lots of pet peeves -- many of which I'm sure will be come up in this thread -- but I'm trying to adjust my attitude and come to grips with the reality. I will never use the word "literally" to mean the opposite, but I'm doing my best to stop wishing a slow, painful death for those who do.
I'll tell you what's been bugging me lately, news people using adjectives as adverbs. Fix it fast.
Yeah, it's totally hot. I was sweating like a pig when I was out rubbing my car.
I think you are looking for the word auto-antonym. A word that is also the opposite of itself.
there, they're, their
Talented is also a term never used correctly.
Talented is also a term never used correctly.
