“It makes me mad when people say ‘literally’ when they mean ‘figuratively’ as it does sound stupid and confusing,” a poster on Quora wrote recently. “Is this normal?” In the replies, the top answer is ...

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Ellen Jovin is a self-professed grammar nerd. In 2018, she set up a folding table outside her apartment building in New York City to answer the grammar and language questions of passersby. The ...