The adjectivematter-of-factis hyphenated and describes something or someone as having little to no dramatic emotion when speaking about potentially upsetting things. Note that this does not mean a lack of all emotion, but it means that the individual is not letting his or her emotions get the ...
1.nounSomething that is true and factual.My attendance in this class is a matter of fact! You can check the sign-in sheets—I was here every week!The deficit is a matter of fact, not opinion. The numbers don't lie. 2.adjectiveStraightforward in communication. Usually hyphenated.It's be...
Such observations in fact show how some words develop and progress. An originally two-word phrase (to day) will become a hyphenated word (to-day) and then one word (today). Not to make such a to-do about this, but phrases like to be and to go are now being used as adjectives (...