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&quot;Intention that implies false statement of fact that&quot;, &quot;Opinion that implies false statement of fact that&quot;
<p>Do the two that-clauses below bewilder you too? How can they be rewritten more basically? </p>

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<li><p>1 flummoxes me as it contains 2 "opinion"s. But I grasp that "opinion is held on reasonable grounds" modifies, and thus is the, "false statement of fact".  </p></li>
<li><p>2 flummoxes me as it contains 2 "intention"s. I grasp that </p></li>
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  <p>a false statement of fact that intention/opinion is actually held = You don't actually hold that intention/opinion.</p>
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<p>But what the heck does it mean to intend a false statement of fact that intention (opinion) is actually held? </p>

<p><a href="https://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/richard-taylor.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Richard</a> and <a href="https://www.slaughterandmay.com/who-we-are/partners/damian-taylor/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Damian</a>  Taylor. <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Contract-Law-Directions-Richard-Taylor/dp/0198836597/ref=dp_ob_title_bk" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Contract Law Directions</em> (6 edn 2019)</a>. p. 180.</p>

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  <p>How can they be rewritten more basically?</p>
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<li><p>The opinion conveys (although not necessarily in an explicit way) fictitious grounds in order to give the false impression of being supported by the facts.</p></li>
<li><p>The actual intention differs from the expressed one.</p></li>
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  <p>what the heck does it mean to intend a false statement of fact that intention (opinion) is actually held?</p>
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<p>It means that the person tries to [mis-]lead others to think that that he has the intention at issue although he does not actually have that intention.</p>
