Saturday, October 29, 2011

Literally...

From an ad for a conference called Blogworld (which I will not attend): "I leave with my brain literally on fire."

Either this fellow needs to learn the definition of the word "literally," or someone should pass him a heavy-duty fire extinguisher.

This has become one of my pet peeves. Writers must understand that "literal" allows no room for metaphor.

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