Andrei  +  63879 Tue, 28 Dec 04 07:55 PM 1] He lives literally just round the corner from her. 2 ] He lives just round the corner from her. I just want to know the difference in the meaning when you insert the word 'literaly' in the above sentence. It is not wrong. I mean grammatically fine to have the word 'literally'. There should be a minute difference in the meaning which I can't grasp. Andrei Joined on Sat, May 29 2004 Full Member 387

	CalifJim  +  63931 Wed, 29 Dec 04 02:19 AM "He lives just round the corner from her" is often taken to mean "He lives very near her". He may live several streets away. It may be necessary to turn several corners to get from his place to hers. This is the figurative meaning of the phrase. If it really requires no more than turning one corner to get from one place to the other, the speaker may wish to cancel the figurative meaning of the idiom. To do that the speaker uses the word "literally", meaning "exactly what the words say". The speaker wishes us to understand the distance in terms of the literal meaning of the phrase. CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,447 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Idioms