http://www.metafilter.com/tags/figuratively Posts tagged with 'figuratively' at MetaFilter. Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:25:01 -0800 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:25:01 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/123036/Literally <a href="http://litreactor.com/columns/10-words-you-literally-didnt-know-you-were-getting-wrong">"10 Words You Literally Didn’t Know You Were Getting Wrong"</a> <b>The Millions</b>:<a href="http://www.themillions.com/2012/07/flawed-beauty-the-fifth-edition-of-the-american-heritage-dictionary.html">Prescriptivists vs. Descriptivists: The Fifth Edition of The American Heritage Dictionary</a> <b>The Atlantic</b>: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/a-call-for-spelling-standardization-or-is-that-standardisation/263091/">A Call for Spelling Standardization (or Is That Standardisation?)</a> <b>Language Log</b>: <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3985">The New Yorker vs. the descriptivist specter</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.123036 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:25:01 -0800 assent breach breech compelled consent contagious descriptivism deserts desserts dictionary disinterested figuratively grammar grisly grizzled grizzly impelled incredible incredulous infectious language linguistics literally prescriptivism spelling uninterested the man of twists and turns