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Re: I was just thinking...
- Subject: Re: I was just thinking...
- From: "Bill O'Neill" <billo@erols.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:57:28 -0400
>Hmmm. Last year there was an article in the Brookline Tab which quoted a
>school department official as saying that a particular school was
>"literally bursting at the seams."
Ranks right up there with "momentarily" versus "in a moment". As we all
know, to say, "We'll join that story with a live report momentarily"
'literally' (couldn't resist) means, "When we do join the story we will only
be there for a moment."
Bill O'Neill
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