Scratch - The Crusaders

I can see that.  I’m a big fan of Edgar Winter, especially his first album, Entrance.  No “hits” on it, no airplay, but still very good.

When can I use literally?

You use literally to emphasize that what you are saying is true, even though it seems exaggerated or surprising. Putting on an opera is a tremendous enterprise involving literally hundreds of people. I literally crawled to the car.

@djtalsky is literally a very well educated person for using literally correctly.

Great to see Edgar Winter get some appreciation. Amazing talent!

Now, re “literallly”. I would describe its use differently. There is no claim to veracity when using the word. It is more a claim to accuracy, IOW, what you are saying by qualifying your statement as “literal” is that what you are saying is that it is an accurate representation of something else. Whether it is “true” or not is not relevant.

I think of literally in the context of its use here by the OP as being interchangeable with actually.

What does literally or figuratively mean?

For example, when someone says, “I am literally foaming at the mouth,” this literally means real foam is coming out of his or her mouth. Figuratively means in a metaphorical sense—that is, not in a real sense but in a way that is expressed through figures of speech.