Factual Claims, Opinions, and Commonplace Assertions

Quarterback Fran Tarkenton was the first Minnesota Viking football player to wear a helmet painted with horns.

• commonplace assertion
• factual claim 
• opinion

Trump's most significant campaign proposal was an educational grant program.

•  factual claim 
• opinion
• commonplace assertion

Eighty-nine of the 145 properties that CBL owns or co-owns opened at 6 p.m. on the holiday last year. 

• opinion
•  factual claim 
• commonplace assertion

Retail sales expert Andy Mantis believes stores should open on both Thanksgiving and Black Friday to maximize their sales. 

• commonplace assertion
• opinion
•  factual claim 

Gaps between boys and girls in math begin by kindergarten, according to new research that was released Thursday by the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

• opinion
• commonplace assertion
• factual claim

If you swim right after eating, you will get a cramp. 

•  factual claim 
• opinion
• commonplace assertion

Drinking too much caffeine will stunt your growth.

• commonplace assertion
• opinion
• factual claim

Cracking your knuckles too much will leads to  arthritis.

• opinion 
• factual claim
• commonplace assertion

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Going out with wet hair will cause you to catch cold.

• opinion
• commonplace assertion
• factual claim

You should cover up your head in the winter, because your body loses most of its heat through your head.

• factual claim
• opinion
• commonplace assertion