"fact" = proposition, nonfact

[Joseph Salmons]

It's off topic, but just for the record, the person 'preaching' this
was not a professor but a part-time (and, I think, short-term) lecturer.

Joe


On Feb 8, 2007, at 8:33 AM, Dave Wilton wrote:

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> Was the word "fact" accompanied with "air quotes" or said in an
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> that indicated it was facetious?
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> _Fox & Friends_ news anchor just now:
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>   "And there was the professor in Wisconsin who was preaching the
> fact that
> the United States was behind 9/11."
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