The movie literally figuratively blew my socks off.

…erally: If you literally mean literally, fine. If not, please, just don’t. You might wish to write, “The movie literally blew my socks off.” But of course you mean it figuratively blew your socks off. But it would be silly to write, “The mo…
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Stephen Zeoli
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The movie literally figuratively blew my socks off. No one should ever write that, but I wonder if it is in fact correct.
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