Because your daughters do not respect your authority and treat your house as an anarchic commune (good on them!) (View Post)

Literally still means literally. It just means other things too. You have to use context to work out which. This is one of the things that can make English a difficult, but fun language. Perhaps prim… (View Post)

English isn't French. We do not have an Academie Anglaise. English dictionaries are documents that describe how English is used, rather than prescribe how it should be used. People are getting i… (View Post)

Even if the very worst predictions come to pass everyone will still be free to visit other people, to go to pubs, etc. Even with a 20% cut in fuel supply there's still 80% of fuel. There could b… (View Post)

The English language is an evolving thing that changes as people use it differently. We lost the battle on this one. Literally is now often used simply as an indicator of emphasis, rather than for it… (View Post)