{"id":5787,"date":"2017-05-18T06:28:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T06:28:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-05-18T06:28:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T06:28:41","slug":"you-literally-need-to-stop-this-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/feature\/opinion\/you-literally-need-to-stop-this-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai People: You Literally Need To Stop This Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s a bug bear of mine, and many people, but it seems there\u2019s a literal-epidemic in Dubai.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not an epidemic, literally, but an epidemic of people incorrectly using the word literally.<\/p>\n
It makes me irate, it makes me rage \u2013 it inflames me\u2026but not literally.<\/p>\n
Literally is a beautiful word when used correctly. \u00a0When placed in front of a colloquialism, it is often elegant and enjoyable.<\/p>\n
You can literally laugh until you cry. You can literally hit a nail on the head (with a hammer, I hope).\u00a0<\/p>\n
A cleaner making a fortune of money has \u2018literally, cleaned up\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The person whose house is next to yours is literally, next door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But you do not need to use it otherwise. It\u2019s not \u2018literally so big\u2019, it\u2019s not literally the same, you are not \u2018literally, so hungry\u2019<\/h3>\n
There are so many words to use for emphasis \u2013 to dramatise your sentences. You can add extremity with stronger wording.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If it\u2019s very, (literally so) big – it\u2019s humongous, it\u2019s mammoth (but not literally), it\u2019s colossal.<\/p>\n
If it’s the same – it’s identical or uncanny.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If you’re very hungry, you are starving or famished.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re angry, you can be irate, inflamed, aggravated, but not \u2018literally so angry\u2019.<\/p>\n
It reminds me of the quote from Dead Poet\u2019s Society…but let’s substitute ‘very’ for literally<\/h3>\n
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You have so many words, to use. There is no alternative to literally.<\/p>\n
So please, sort it out.<\/p>\n
Because the incorrect use of the word literally, literally makes me want to punch you in the face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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