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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Why use American sources for English? The Oxford dictionary recognizes it is used in an informal sense for emphasis.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/de...lish/literally
One of the biggest laughs I've had was watching Nancy Grace trying to correct a British lawyers use of English. |
It was used just because it was an article I had
just read before coming to CP. Oxford dictionary has apparently changed the meaning of literally in 2011 but it had just gone unnoticed untill those 2 American sources added them in the last week or so.
So Since 2011 people have not been using litarally wrong at all if Oxford definitions are standard.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education...literally.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...literally.html