You're being overly generous.
I think most people who misuse literally, especially sports announcers, have no clue they are literally dumbasses. For starters, it's unnecessary. "He has been carrying the team on his back," is perfectly fine on it's own. Adding literally before carrying serves no useful purpose other than, as Tom suggests, to try and make yourself sound more clever.
It fails.
Mook
*MySmiley*
"Bustin' makes me feel good!"
Ghostbusters, by Ray Parker Jr.
*MySmiley*
"Bustin' makes me feel good!"
Ghostbusters, by Ray Parker Jr.
A gift for any umbraphiles among us
- 06/04/2024 02:21:05 PM
470 Views
Umbraphile isn't a word
- 08/04/2024 05:12:05 AM
266 Views
It is a word. It exists.
- 08/04/2024 02:31:49 PM
278 Views
No it doesn't. Any retard can pretend a word exists but that doesn't make it so. *NM*
- 08/04/2024 05:26:30 PM
147 Views
It does if enough people use it. That's how new words get created and enter a language.
- 08/04/2024 05:32:46 PM
258 Views
Not exactly
- 09/04/2024 01:30:30 AM
271 Views
Honey, the speakers of our language don't care about the "rules".
- 09/04/2024 07:28:30 AM
292 Views
Bah
- 09/04/2024 09:29:40 PM
307 Views
No, you're still wrong
- 12/04/2024 12:56:49 AM
264 Views
I can see your recalcitrance won't be alleviated by logic or history.
- 12/04/2024 11:49:44 AM
267 Views
You're the one ignoring logic and history - have some standards, man!
- 12/04/2024 02:13:19 PM
278 Views
Can I have it both ways?
- 12/04/2024 06:04:23 PM
271 Views
So you're saying NY Times writers *aren't* la feccia del popolazzo???
- 12/04/2024 06:36:09 PM
281 Views
I've long been confused by the 'literally' debate.
- 12/04/2024 09:32:29 PM
270 Views
I think perhaps it comes down to intent and knowledge.
- 12/04/2024 10:42:09 PM
284 Views
I don't think being generous has anything to do with it - but my exposure to it may be different.
- 13/04/2024 12:37:46 PM
274 Views
I haven't been talking about Greek per se. I'm talking about English conventions.
- 13/04/2024 05:13:33 PM
270 Views
I'm afraid I have to agree with Joe.
- 12/04/2024 11:28:44 PM
250 Views
See my reply to Joe above, but regarding your specific example...
- 13/04/2024 12:55:11 PM
269 Views
One thing I won’t miss around here are the holier-than-thou pseudo-intellectuals.
- 09/04/2024 08:11:57 PM
302 Views