Actually, this time it is completely valid, since it is an implicit assertion by the OP that there's no point owning a dog if you do not do this.
I too fly the doomed literalist banner, but in the spirit of our cause I must point out inaccuracies in our own side as well as figuratively everyone else's.
This is literally not a literal point.
Actually, this time it is completely valid, since it is an implicit assertion by the OP that there's no point owning a dog if you do not do this.
I too fly the doomed literalist banner, but in the spirit of our cause I must point out inaccuracies in our own side as well as figuratively everyone else's.
Ah, but language is flexible and means whatever people want it to mean.
I bet you’re super fun at parties
Right? Who doesn't love a pithy, infantile pedant complaining about a very joyful thought?
Herd your sheep yourself?