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Basically, The Word Police Are Just Wrong

Usage police periodically go so far as to claim that the word “basically” is mere filler, that it doesn’t even mean anything. Basically, this is nonsense.

Author Douglas McLennanPosted on November 7, 2013March 30, 2021Categories publishingTags 11.06.13

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