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[Bug 584495] Re: Misuse of "literally"

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From: Elan Kugelmass <epkugelmass@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 03:18:54 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 584495 <584495@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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changing to 'is practically one click away'

** Changed in: ubuntu-manual
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: ubuntu-manual
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Changed in: ubuntu-manual
    Milestone: None => edition-2

** Changed in: ubuntu-manual
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Elan Kugelmass (epkugelmass)

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Misuse of "literally"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584495
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Status in Ubuntu Manual: Fix Committed

Bug description:
788, p113

"Installing applications is literally one click away."

Classic misuse of literally as an intensifier. Unless something is precisely true, it is not literal, and in this case there is more than "one click" to come - there's some typing, etc