contrary to fact
Example Sentences
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Of the 120 million citizens of the I those who see these words will nearly all believe them to be flatly contrary to fact, will promptly forget them.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It rejected the State Department's accusations on the grounds that they were "unfounded and contrary to fact."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Not all //statements fall into this category, only those that are undeniably contrary to fact.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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But when the sense of the statement shows uncertainty in the speaker's mind, or shows that the condition stated is regarded as contrary to fact or as untrue, the subjunctive is used.
From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas
In spoken English, the subjunctive were is much used in a wish or a condition contrary to fact, but hardly any other subjunctive forms are.
From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt