But the way the speech was phrased, using a factive verb, implicitly framed the lead as truth rather than hypothesis.

Factive verbs presuppose the truth of what is being asserted (eg "Mary liked the show" ).

Are they factive or non-factive?

Knowledge is understood as factive, that is, as embodying a sort of epistemological "tie" between a truth and a belief.

For instance, Dr. Woodcock said she would like to know how often antibiotics like Cipro and Factive cause ruptured tendons.

Thus, Williamson's theory is opposed to the spirit of much traditional evidentialism, primarily because it turns evidentialism from an internalist account of justification to an externalist account (due to the factive nature of knowledge.)

In this example, the verbal root hninu appears with its usual verbal morphology: a factive marker (FACT), which very roughly translates as past tense, although this is not quite accurate; an agreement marker (1.

"On Factive/Non-Factive Connectors in Natural Languages" [On factive and non-factive connectors in natural languages].

The prosecuting authorities and law enforcement can check at any moment the factive respect of said orders by the subject, who's de facto considered in state of detention; violation of house arrest terms are immediately followed by transfer in a correctional facility.