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2005年9月27日 · The last extensive study on this, I believe, ranges from 1950-1990 and shows a ratio of 3:1 for 'proved' and 'proven' in British English ('proved' is used more) and 4:3 (respective ordering) in American English, showing 'proved' wins out for both, but the 'proven' version is a lot more common in American English, but also gaining a bit of ...
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2012年4月11日 · I have searched many forums and dictionaries but couldn't find the answer to my question. Most of the forums discussed the use of "proven vs. proved". Is it correct to say "proven to be" or "proven as" or does it depend on the situation? For example: He has proven to be a great leader. He has proven as a great leader.
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2018年12月27日 · This is proved by scientists." Now I'm going to transform two separate sentences into one: 1. This type of fruit, as proved by scientists, can increase your lifespan. 2. This type of fruit, as is proved by scientists, can increase your lifespan. 3. This type of fruit, as it is proved by scientists, can increase your lifespan.
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2004年11月9日 · Prove has two past participles: proved and proven.Proved is the older form.Proven is a variant. The Middle English spellings of prove included preven, a form that died out in England but survived in Scotland, and the past participle proven, a form that probably rose by analogy with verbs like weave, woven and cleave, cloven.
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2007年5月9日 · Just asked my dad (lecturer of linguistics at local university). He thinks that both proved and proven are past participles, but proved is also the past tense. Also that proven would be more formal than proved. So sorry to miss inform you first time round. So you could use i have proved or i have proven, but proved is more normal in that context
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2022年4月20日 · The suspicion that Mr Khan wished to disrupt the military line of succession in order to have his own man in the top job proved too much for General Bajwa, some analysts believe. Link is here. <Imran Khan is trying every trick in the book to stay in power> Hope some kind person will kindly explain to me by using some para-phrase explanation. Inouez
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2011年7月14日 · Well, logically it doesn't hold together. Hellen would have to be the one who proved B right, not A. Her actions matched B's prediction, which proved him right. It would have to be something like "You see, she proved me right!"
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2016年12月14日 · The sentence with "will prove" is fine. Your sentence with "will be proven" is not grammatically wrong but it doesn't mean the same and it's unlikely to be said as it will need a very specific context.
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2020年7月20日 · "Proved" is correct because we parse it as if it said "proved to be". "To be" is implied. Sometimes these omissions don't work well. "He proved a complete stranger" falls into this category, and we prefer to add "to be" explicitly. Sometimes they do work. "The operation proved a success" is an example of this.
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2013年11月29日 · It has been proved to effectively support communication", then that is OK, because the 'it' refers to 'E-mail'. Cross-posted with Loob, who says much the same but more concisely! U