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Discover LudwigThe phrase "actually fact" is not correct in standard written English.
It is a redundant expression, as "actually" and "fact" do not need to be used together in this way.
Example: "The actual fact is that we need to reconsider our approach."
Alternatives: "in fact" or "the truth is".
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Here's a pro tip: Cite critical fact checks when we actually fact check your opponent.
For statements that were actually fact or fiction, known or unknown, repetition made them all seem more believable.
And sometimes, that sneaking suspicion is actually fact, as one Redditor recently found.
But if Rey doesn't know that these stories are actually fact, we can only wonder how outlandish the stories of Luke, Leia and Han might seem to someone 30 years later (when "The Force Awakens" is set).
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Are those things in the text that claim to be facts actually facts, or are they merely, to use Norman Mailer's vivid coinage, factoid?
-Was the article actually fact-checked?
"Unlike the president's State Of The Union address, this book was actually fact-checked". What do the climate crisis and the invasion of Iraq have in common?
Make no mistake, if Chuck Todd and his other colleagues at NBC News actually fact-checked all the lies that Republicans tell about the Affordable Care Act, that number would be much, much lower.
If he produces "alternative facts" that are not actually facts, then we should point that out.
Many of us think our opinions are actually "facts;" they're not!
"If he produces "alternative facts" that are not actually facts, then we should point that out," Micklethwait said.
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