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malcolmocean comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 20, chapter 90 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: monsterzero 06 July 2013 02:57:58AM 3 points [-]

The word "very" in this sense means "literal". The prophecy is talking about actual stars.

Comment author: malcolmocean 22 July 2013 11:48:29AM 4 points [-]

"very" is the original "literally". I.e. it used to mean "verily" or "in actual fact" and has gone through the same process that "literally" is going through now, where it's just intensive. "really" went through this process shortly after "very" did.

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