Re: Driving Like There Was No Tomorrow (Was: Re: Aggressive Driving)

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From: Josh Turner
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:00

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Scott M. Kozel wrote:
> 
> Josh Turner <shua@umich.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Highway patrolmen said that the car literally painted itself onto
> > > the wall.
> >
> > Pet peeve time: The car *did not* literally paint itself on the wall. It
> > *figuratively* painted itself on the wall. Why do people insist on using
> > the word literally when they really mean just the opposite? AFAIK, there
> > is no way that a car can actually "paint itself onto a wall", so the use
> > of the word "literally" here is completely inappropriate.
> 
> You're splitting hairs.  Are you an English major?

I am not an English major. However, I believe that when utilizing a
language, such as English, one should do so correctly. 

And it is far more than splitting hairs. The word "literally" means
literally the opposite of what the officer was trying to express...

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From: Josh Turner <shua@umich.edu>
Subject: Re: Driving Like There Was No Tomorrow (Was: Re: Aggressive Driving)
Date: 1998/07/19
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