ABSTRACT
The word fact is used in a variety of ways, some of them inaccurate or misleading. In the phrase the true facts as in:
She tried to unearth the true facts.
the adjective is redundant, since something that is untrue cannot be a fact. Often, fact is used as a filler or discourse marker, included more for emphasis or
linkage than for its meaning:
As a matter of fact, I don’t think so. In fact, you’re probably right.
