yet another "fact"

[Jonathan Lighter]

CNN, on two of Joker's friends:

"There is no evidence to point to the fact that they were involved with the
attack."

JL


On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> The Australian grandson of the world's last combat-service veteran of World
> War One, who has died at the age of 110, tells us via Yahoo News: "He hated
> war....His last dying wish would be the fact that please don't let there be
> any more wars because he hated them."
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> The syntax is a bit tortured, but "fact" here functions clearly as "idea."
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> JL
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