From the discussion of the last few days regarding the 10 Year old girl and her rape and abortion. It seemed there was a lot of assumption being made as to the veracity of the story with a lot of sources used to state: 1. the story was false or 2. the story was true. Many of those points were being made based on things that in no way were factual (a fact). This led quickly to a very argumentative discussion that was only clarified with more information (facts) when the rapist was arrested and identified.
Consider what you might call 'urban myths', stories of alien abduction, and Sasquatch. There are many who believe those items, but can they bbe facts?
From the Miriam Webster Dictionary:
1a: something that has actual existence space exploration is now a fact
b: an actual occurrence prove the fact of damage
2: a piece of information presented as having objective reality These are the hard facts of the case.
3: the quality of being actual : ACTUALITYa question of fact hinges on evidence
4: a thing done: such as
a: CRIME accessory after the fact
barchaic : ACTION
cobsolete : FEAT
5archaic : PERFORMANCE, DOING
in fact
: in truth He looks younger, but in fact, he is 60 years old.
Consider what you might call 'urban myths', stories of alien abduction, and Sasquatch. There are many who believe those items, but can they bbe facts?
From the Miriam Webster Dictionary:
Definition of fact
1a: something that has actual existence space exploration is now a fact
b: an actual occurrence prove the fact of damage
2: a piece of information presented as having objective reality These are the hard facts of the case.
3: the quality of being actual : ACTUALITYa question of fact hinges on evidence
4: a thing done: such as
a: CRIME accessory after the fact
barchaic : ACTION
cobsolete : FEAT
5archaic : PERFORMANCE, DOING
in fact
: in truth He looks younger, but in fact, he is 60 years old.
