The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #153065   Message #3584192
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
14-Dec-13 - 08:47 PM
Thread Name: BS: Pedants be damned
Subject: RE: BS: Pedants be damned
Opinions actually are a variety of fact - they are facts about the person holding them, and if they are misstated by another person, or for that matter by the person themselves, it is quite relevant to try to put the record straight.

Grammar and syntax and spelling also of course involve facts, but almost always facts irrelevant to a discussion, unless the discussion is actually about grammar and syntax or spelling - and most of the time pretty insignificant facts.