SectionⅣLearningaboutLanguage&UsingLanguageAFACTORANOPINION
Whatisafact
Isitsomethingthatpeoplebelieve①
Afactisanythingthatcanbeproved
Forexample,itcanbeprovedthatChinahasmorepeoplethananyother②countryintheworld
Thisisafact
Thenwhatisanopinion
Anopinioniswhatsomeonebelievesistruebuthasnotbeenproved③
Soanopinionisnotgoodevidence④inatrial⑤
Forexample,itisanopinionifyousay“Catsarebetterpetsthandogs”
Itmaybetrue,butitisdifficulttoprove
Somepeoplemaynotagreewith⑥thisopinionbuttheyalsocannotprovethattheyareright
Inatrial,ajudgemustdecidewhicheyewitnessestobelieveandwhichnottobelieve⑦
Thejudgedoesnotconsiderwhateacheyewitnesslookslikeorwherethatpersonlivesorworks⑧
He/Sheonlycaresaboutwhethertheeyewitnesshasgiventrueinformation,whichmustbefactsratherthanopinions⑨
Thiskindofinformationiscalledev