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sabrinak
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 Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:57 pm Post subject: In fact/ The truth is that... |
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Hello,
My question is how "in fact" and "The truth is that..." are different or smiliar in meaning?
To me they seem similar.
eg.
In fact, he could not bear to be away from her.
---> The truth is that he could not bear to be away from her.
The truth is that he was falling in love with her.
--> In fact, he was falling in love with her.
Is it okay to switch these two in the above example sentences?
Is the meaning still the same?
Thank you so much. |
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tyreless
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Location: Colombia
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My question is how "in fact" and "The truth is that..." are different or smiliar in meaning?
To me they seem similar.
eg.
In fact, he could not bear to be away from her.
---> The truth is that he could not bear to be away from her.
The truth is that he was falling in love with her.
--> In fact, he was falling in love with her. |
Hello sabrinak, they seem identical to me too and fully interchangeable in your examples. 
David
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Bob S.
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Location: So. Cal
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:37 am Post subject: Re: In fact/ The truth is that... |
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| sabrinak wrote: |
In fact, he could not bear to be away from her.
---> The truth is that he could not bear to be away from her.
The truth is that he was falling in love with her.
--> In fact, he was falling in love with her.
Is it okay to switch these two in the above example sentences?
Is the meaning still the same? |
In the above examples, yes, they are interchangeable. But they are not always interchangeable in all situations.
Both can be used to show how facts are different from appearances.
e.g.
He often acted cold and distance when around her.
While in fact, he was falling in love with her.
The truth is that he was falling in love with her.
However, you can also use in fact to add extra or surprising information to something you have already mentioned.
e.g.
Through a telescope, Saturn's rings appear like solid discs of material.
The truth is that they are composed of many tiny particles of water ice.
In fact, there is 23 billion times more water in the Earth's oceans than in the rings of Saturn.
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