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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] The phrase you apparently are having trouble with is "handful" It is a termthat is used to refer to "a number less than 5." As in, "litally, no more than 5 people." Not "people I can fit in my hand!" [/ QUOTE ] a handful of people FIGURATIVELY means "a number less than 5" (or generally "a small amount"). FIGURATIVELY is an antonym of LITERALLY. when you use the word LITERALLY before you say something, you're saying "i'm not meaning this FIGURATIVELY." so when you say "LITERALLY, a handful of people" you're saying: "a hanful of people -- AND I DONT MEAN A FEW PEOPLE, LIKE I WOULD IF I MEANT IT FIGURATIVELY, I MEAN AN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT FITS IN A HAND. the problem is that you don't STILL know what literally means, despite my many attempts to explain it to you. [/ QUOTE ] Dude you are seriously stepping on the buzz that is this thread. Literally. [/ QUOTE ] i only meant to make that one comment. if it weren't for dom literally being obtuse it would have ended there. he literally has his head in the sand about this. which is sad, cause the story literally entertained the hell out of me and the rest of this thread is pretty good. |
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