And while I don't have a scientific sampling, or anything, I am pretty sure that there are far more instances of the "wrong" use than the right one. Eventually, it becomes right by committee.
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An article on grammar that makes me want to start a slow movie clap.
- 26/04/2012 12:26:21 AM
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I almost completely agree with them.
- 26/04/2012 02:38:06 AM
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Misusing "Literally" is one of the few grammar issues that actually bothers me.
- 26/04/2012 05:18:21 AM
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I'm with you on all points. Furthermore, misuse of "literally" isn't a grammar issue at all.
- 26/04/2012 07:07:11 PM
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I never did get that fuss about "literally".
- 26/04/2012 08:12:14 PM
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Your example is slightly different from e.g. "My blood was literally boiling". *NM*
- 27/04/2012 02:13:05 PM
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I used the article's example. But I don't see why your example is any different in that regard. *NM*
- 27/04/2012 07:03:03 PM
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Yeah, literally in hyperbole doesn't bother me. But I also don't mind when people mock its usage. *NM*
- 27/04/2012 08:21:05 PM
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You clearly need to watch more English football coverage, Sky in particular.
- 28/04/2012 02:01:11 PM
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It's all about usage.
- 27/04/2012 04:13:52 PM
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They provide the wrong rationale for good/well
- 26/04/2012 02:55:10 AM
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Hopefully you be right... hm, I don't know about that one. 
- 26/04/2012 08:22:05 PM
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- 26/04/2012 08:22:05 PM
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Sometimes, I do actually use that construction when speaking to others near me
- 26/04/2012 09:10:02 PM
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If I'm not mistaken, the Future Indicative evolved from and replaced some of the Subjunctive.
- 27/04/2012 09:44:33 PM
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There was never an optative in recorded Latin or later Romance languages.
- 27/04/2012 09:58:11 PM
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It's not Ojala which makes me think there's a connection between the Conditional and Optative
- 28/04/2012 04:28:35 AM
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