<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Literally, The Worst Word,&nbsp;Ctd]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>by Gwynn Guilford</em></span></p> <p>Josh Kamensky <a href="http://heteronomy.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/tuesday-hatred-of-word-nerds/" target="_self">derides</a> the anti-literally/actually crusaders, which the Dish <a href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/08/literally-everyone-is-lying.html" target="_self">spotlighted</a> yesterday:</p> <blockquote> <p>Consider Doll&#39;s example. Who, when bringing a friend a gin and tonic, would rather hear “You are wrong, and I am right, and you are at least a little bit of an idiot, I asked for a vodka soda,” rather than “Actually, I asked for a vodka soda.” (Presumably starting off with “Thank you, but” would be a literally unspeakable horror.)</p> </blockquote> <p>Dish readers also had some opinions on the dos and don&#39;ts of popular adverbs. On literally:</p>]]></html></oembed>