Monday, December 08, 2008

Alex's lessons on proper use of the word "literally": Part 1

INCORRECT: I make oatmeal for breakfast literally everyday.

CORRECT: I make oatmeal for breakfast almost everyday.

ALSO CORRECT: I spill oatmeal on the counter literally every time I make it. Cripes, what am I? Four?

2 comments:

Your Ill-fitting Overcoat said...

Ok, but now what if I DO make oatmeal literally every day? Hmmm?

I must admit, I am the #1 Offender on this one. I love an inappropriate use of literally!

Beamer said...

Yes, it is a wiley word. For a while I was following the Literally blog pretty devotedly.

http://literally.barelyfitz.com/

It's Literally, A Weblog.