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Toessie

17 January

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Please show me example sentences with literlly . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible.

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niko_1

17 January

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It’s not formal or correct, but younger people in the USA often say “literally” as slang to add emphasis to what they’re saying.

Examples:
That was literally the most boring movie ever!
I literally ate a hundred tacos.

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kalerin

17 January

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“I literally ate the whole bag of chips” = no chips left in the bag.

“I literally just got here.” = I arrived very recently.

“There was literally no one at the beach” = There were zero people at the beach.

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niko_1

17 January

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It’s not formal or correct, but younger people in the USA often say “literally” as slang to add emphasis to what they’re saying.

Examples:
That was literally the most boring movie ever!
I literally ate a hundred tacos.

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cme4pif

17 January

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She failed to grasp the metaphor and interpreted the poem literally.

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Toessie

17 January

Japanese

Thank you for your examples. Use as slang, its only for Americans ?

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bonjour1776

17 January

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I literally fell to the floor hearing my mother sing so awfully.

I literally choked on my burger when BTS sat next to me in McDonald’s.

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Toessie

17 January

Japanese

@bonjour1776 Thank you. Your examples made me laugh!

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Toessie

17 January

Japanese

@cme4pif Thank you. This is the example for use literally, isn't this ?

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Toessie

17 January

Japanese

@niko_1 Thank you. Recently I hear this words young people in Netherlands. I was wondering how to use.

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Toessie

17 January

Japanese

@kalerin Thank you. So I can use instead of "Acutually or really" ?

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bonjour1776

17 January

English (US)

@Toessie
Did you literally laugh out loud? :-)

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Toessie

17 January

Japanese

@bonjour1776 　Yeah, I literally can't stop me laugh (^=^)

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niko_1

17 January

English (US)

@Toessie There may be other English speakers outside the US who use “literally” as slang this way, but I can’t confirm it since I haven’t traveled much.

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kalerin

17 January

English (US)

@Toessie Yes, but like the other comments say, it is often used as slang to emphasize something. Because of this, context is important and the word can sometimes have the opposite meaning.

For example:

”That was literally the most boring movie ever.” (From @niko_1 )This is most likely the slang version, because it is an opinion and the person doesn’t like the movie.

“There were literally no people at the beach.” I would use this to say that there are actually zero people at the beach. I’m not expressing an opinion.

You asked a very good question, because “literally” is a complicated word in English 😂

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cme4pif

18 January

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@Toessie yes

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Please show me example sentences with literlly . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible. See a translation

It’s not formal or correct, but younger people in the USA often say “literally” as slang to add emphasis to what they’re saying. Examples:That was literally the most boring movie ever! I literally ate a hundred tacos.

“I literally ate the whole bag of chips” = no chips left in the bag. “I literally just got here.” = I arrived very recently. “There was literally no one at the beach” = There were zero people at the beach.

It’s not formal or correct, but younger people in the USA often say “literally” as slang to add emphasis to what they’re saying. Examples:That was literally the most boring movie ever! I literally ate a hundred tacos.

She failed to grasp the metaphor and interpreted the poem literally.

I literally fell to the floor hearing my mother sing so awfully. I literally choked on my burger when BTS sat next to me in McDonald’s.

@Toessie Did you literally laugh out loud? :-)

@Toessie There may be other English speakers outside the US who use “literally” as slang this way, but I can’t confirm it since I haven’t traveled much.

@Toessie yes

Please show me example sentences with literlly . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible.

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It’s not formal or correct, but younger people in the USA often say “literally” as slang to add emphasis to what they’re saying.

Examples:
That was literally the most boring movie ever!
I literally ate a hundred tacos.

“I literally ate the whole bag of chips” = no chips left in the bag.

“I literally just got here.” = I arrived very recently.

“There was literally no one at the beach” = There were zero people at the beach.

It’s not formal or correct, but younger people in the USA often say “literally” as slang to add emphasis to what they’re saying.

Examples:
That was literally the most boring movie ever!
I literally ate a hundred tacos.

I literally fell to the floor hearing my mother sing so awfully.

I literally choked on my burger when BTS sat next to me in McDonald’s.

@Toessie
Did you literally laugh out loud? :-)