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    Facts can be proven true or false and use evidence-based language like "according to" or "the experiment showed". Opinions express personal views and cannot be proven, using words like "I believe" or "from my perspective". The best way to determine if a statement is a fact or opinion is to check if it can be proven true or false by reliable sources.

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    Facts can be proven true or false and use evidence-based language like "according to" or "the experiment showed". Opinions express personal views and cannot be proven, using words like "I believe" or "from my perspective". The best way to determine if a statement is a fact or opinion is to check if it can be proven true or false by reliable sources.

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    How to

    Distinguish Fact
    from Opinion
    What words and phrases
    have been used?
    Looking at the words and phrases used can
    help us decide whether a statement is a fact

    Pick
    or an opinion. Here are some examples:

    Fact
    According to the survey …
    Historians recently found …
    The experiment showed …
    The results of our trial demonstrated
    that …

    Opinion
    I believe that …
    The team’s view is that …
    From my perspective …
    My guess is that …

    Can the statement be proven


    true or false?

    If a statement is a fact, it can be shown to be


    true or false. The same idea can be found on

    Prove
    trustworthy websites or texts in the library.

    If a statement is an opinion about


    something, it cannot be proven true or false
    because different people may have different
    feelings and thoughts about the same thing.

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