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From: "Portis" <portis@warp.nfld.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:59:47 -0330
quoted 1 line I find the fact that they use "Virtually" a lot also. "It can leave your>I find the fact that they use "Virtually" a lot also. "It can leave your
dishes virtually spotless", or "you can have all this satisfaction with
virtually no side effects." or maybe even "you could be driving your
new Honda with virtually nothing down".
quoted 2 lines Virtually has very little meaning.>
>Virtually has very little meaning.
dictionary.com lists:
1. In fact or to all purposes; practically: The city was virtually
paralyzed by the transit strike.
2. Almost but not quite; nearly: Virtually everyone gets a headache
now and then
which doesn't mean the word isn't used to make outlandish
claims, because it is.
d.
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