"Literally" is my bugbear, used a great deal when someone means "really" or
"amazingly". But I have just read on the BBC website about some organisation
being "positivley pro-active". Aaaargh!
Chris
On 29 Jan 2011, at 17:08, Jan Steinman wrote:
>
> My favourite ugly meme is people saying "absolutely" when they mean
> "certainly," although I guess the distinction is too subtle for most to care
> about.
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