tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942766836244824666.post8793702349863350051..comments2008-12-29T13:10:07.215-08:00Comments on Siegel's Droppings: I can't help it, I take things literallyj-seagalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03434457186171722761noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942766836244824666.post-59082471687897193412007-12-13T10:13:00.000-08:002007-12-13T10:13:00.000-08:00I'm with you on the misuse of "literally," but in ...I'm with you on the misuse of "literally," but in this case I think it's ok. <BR/><BR/>If "to work off" means to pay off a monetary debt by performing some task instead, then reading is a task like anything else. The fact that it doesn't involve manual labor or exertion, or doesn't result in any direct benefit to the library (in the way that reshelving would) wouldn't seem to matter. The readers are still, literally, working off the debt. <BR/><BR/>Now, for people who say "I literally died," I would suggest working off their grammatical errors by going to their nearest Guillotine Training School and volunteering as an executionee (I guess that's a word) for the training class.Marianaria Sra. bibliotecariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07468566399760178706noreply@blogger.com