High School Writing Grades 11 12 Quiz
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CONVENTIONS OF STANDARD ENGLISH
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Consider the word "literally," which has expanded from meaning strictly "in a literal sense" to being used as an intensifier ("I literally died laughing"). Major dictionaries now include the intensifier sense, though many usage guides discourage it in formal writing. Which analysis best characterizes the current status of this expanded meaning?
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