Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 25, 2013

Say what you mean and mean what you say….but always be careful not to say anything mean!

One thing leads to another.

I know, you’re expecting your standard Grammar Nazi comment… Um but… not now.

Make sure that what you said was what you meant to say; proof-read before hopping on that submit button. Spelling is one thing, but all too often entire words, phrases, or ideas are left out, leaving the door open for confusion or misinterpretation. In addition, as Caddy57 implied, it’s rude to be mean.

Tell it to the OED. They’re the one’s that nailed that coffin shut.

The devil is in the details.

The end is to be continued…

Nooooo! It’s “repent of” ! Repent OF!

PS: @ NebulousRikulau … “one’s”?

Wiley Miller – a guy who literally says what he means.

He’s literally never heard of hyperbole!!

Is that a metaphor, or hyperbole?

Figuratively or Virtually!

Us illiterates are still trying to figure it out.

Grammarians are like parliamentarians. You know that they are right, but you hate their corrections and observations.

I literally dislike people who leave trash laying around…..Even if it’s a woman and she has a hot body, figuratively speaking….

I am lying.

‘Repent’. Let’s see, re: again, pent: confined, which means confine yourself again, "literally’.

well, ain’t that da literal truth……

I had no idea there are so many of us out there. And I do mean, OUT THERE! ;-)

There are two meanings for the word ‘literally’. There is the literal meaning of the word ‘literally’, which means ‘literally’. Then there is the figurative meaning of the word ‘literally’, which means ‘figuratively’.

That’s alot of talk about grammar!! When you let these wierd people run lose, their going to bend you’re ear. Its a shame. Weather or not you let it effect you is you’re choice.

I “literally” died laughing when I saw this!

Now THAT’S funny!

“Literally/Figuratively” misuse isn’t a grammar error, it is a semantic error.

Communication isn’t about being understood.It’s about not being misunderstood.

If you repent, you do it yourself. If you are shriven, someone else does it for you.

They’re just doing their job… SO THERE!!!

Thank you on behalf of those who can no longer raise their voices to explain this…

What’s worse, this literally/figuratively misuse or people who can’t use the words; their, there, they’re, your and, you’re correctly? So many times one reads comments written and those aforementioned words are used improperly.

I wish you’d tell that to a couple of my editors….

Figuratively speaking, when I say “literally,” it’s meant figuratively. Literally!