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is, according to its etymology, 'to make' or 'to do'. A thing made exist until it decays or is destroyed. A thing done has no existence what it is done.

fact and fiction are old acquaintances. . . .Fact comes from facere-- to make or do. Fiction comes from fingere-- to make or shape. . . .But in what sense do things done or things made partake of truth or reality' A thing done has no real existence once it has been done. A thing made, on the other hand, exist until it decays or is destroyed. Fact, finally, has no real existence, while fiction may last for centuries' (Scholes 1968: 2)

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