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Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Have the fact backward

Hi teachers,

You can put your sweater on backward(s). Can you "have the fact backward" when two people are having their argument? Like you are sure the other is not telling the truth.

Thanks

Tinanam
  

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tinanam0102 Can you "have the fact backward" when two people are having their argument? I take it as meaning opposite from the truth . People use the expression very loosely to mean that certain facts have been misrepresented so that the conclusion is opposite from what is being stated.

— Avangi

  • tinanam0102 Can you "have the fact backward" when two people are having their argument?
  • I take it as meaning opposite from the truth .
  • People use the expression very loosely to mean that certain facts have been misrepresented so that the conclusion is opposite from what is being stated.
  • We usually use "facts" in the plural, unless the argument is clearly about a single fact.
  • Even then, "You have the fact backward" is very rare.
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tinanam0102 Can you "have the fact backward" when two people are having their argument?
I take it as meaning opposite from the truth.

People use the expression very loosely to mean that certain facts have been misrepresented so that the conclusion is opposite from what is being stated.

We usually use "facts" in the plural, unless the
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Hi Avangi,

Thanks for your additonal usage you gave me.

You have it all backward same as you have the facts backward in meaning.

Thanks

Tinanam
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