Let's talk about ficts and factions, ok?
Webster's lists both words but does not include all definitions for these words. It defines "fict" as an abbreviation for fiction or fictitious and Webster's only includes dissentious cliques in its definition of faction when, in fact, there are alternate definitions for both words.
Let's review them.
A fict is a fiction that we try to pass off as a fact.
68.7% of all ficts contain percentages when, in fact, no survey or analysis was ever done to calculate the percentage being reported.
Most ficts contain the the words "all", "always", "most", "none" or "never".
Advertizers use ficts to tell us that we will be better by using their product when, at best, we will just be less able to afford other things that promise to make us better.
Any movie or story that is "based on a true story" is a fict.
If it comes out of a politicians mouth it is always a fict.
Factions, on the other hand, are facts that we try to pass off as fiction.
Writers imbedding actual life events within a fictional work would be a faction.
Factions often occur as questions. "Do you really think that I would be stupid enough to fill in the blank with something that you were in fact stupid enough to do?" is a good example of a faction.
Now that you know these words you will be able to identify ficts and factions in your daily course of events.
Reminds me of the "DEFINITION" papers I was required to teach in Comp I at the college. Good job, as always.
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