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Re: OT: "literally"

David wrote:
But Pogue's usage? While not elegant writing, it seems OK
to me. He means there's no figure of speech here, he packed two
laptops (i.e., it isn't hyperbole, he doesn't mean two operating
systems, etc.).
Hmmm, I hadn't thought of "literal" as meaning "without hyperbole." I guess
you could say, "I literally panicked." But in Pogue's article, who could
think "I use to pack two laptops" was hyperbole?



Harry Binswanger
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