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...novel Little Women. And who doesn’t remember Fitzgerald’s description of Jay Gatsby: “He literally glowed?” But neither was the town of Plumfield overrun with food-stuffs nor our favorite social climber actually luminescent. [EDITOR'S NOTE APPENDED...

Author: By Victoria Ilyinsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: This Word is Killing Me, Literally | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

...EDITOR'S NOTE. OCTOBER...

Author: By Victoria Ilyinsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: This Word is Killing Me, Literally | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

...feeling that there wasn’t much shooting going on. He did, however, manage to catch my attention. Considering I thought the Eagles were merely a 1970s rock band, it’s clear that the sportscaster’s sensationalism actually worked. [EDITOR'S NOTE APPENDED...

Author: By Victoria Ilyinsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: This Word is Killing Me, Literally | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

Despite this inefficacy, I fear that the excessive use of “literally” may prove to be a permanent feature of our prose, since embellishment is certainly here to stay. But can’t we all make one small step toward conversational sanity? Take note of the Latin adage, Voluptates commendat rarior usus. It means “Moderation in all things,” literally...

Author: By Victoria Ilyinsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: This Word is Killing Me, Literally | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

...EDITOR'S NOTE...

Author: By Victoria Ilyinsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: This Word is Killing Me, Literally | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

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