- Is evidence countable? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Evidence or Evidences of Christianity , Evidences of the Christian Religion, or simply The Evidences 6 a Information, whether in the form of personal testimony, the language of documents, or the production of material objects, that is given in a legal investigation, to establish the fact or point in question Also, an evidence = a piece of
- As evidenced by or as evident by? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Evidence can be a verb; whether it is too archaic to use is a personal view Evident cannot be, so as evident by is wrong, possibly an eggcorn – Tim Lymington
- Whats the difference in meaning between evidence and proof?
The evidence or argument that compels the mind to accept an assertion as true [American Heritage Dictionary via the Free Dictionary] In some fields of enquiry (Law, or the Sciences) a preponderance of evidence, and a lack of evidence to the contrary, would be regarded as a proof of some statement or assertion
- Evidenced in or by? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Be or show evidence of: 'The quality of the bracelet, as evidenced by the workmanship, is exceptional' The thing that is being achieved in your sample sentence is the evidencing of the "ability to collaborate with people from culturally diverse backgrounds", the means of achieving it is the "success in the US, Europe and Asia "
- articles - When to say a proof, the proof and just proof . . .
The proof = evidence meaning is the primary sense given in all the 6 online dictionaries I've checked in Thus Collins has: proof n 1 any evidence that establishes or helps to establish the truth, validity, quality, etc, of something There are many senses besides the 'evidence' and the mathematical 'series of steps to prove' (RHK Webster's
- meaning - Is empirical evidence different from evidence? - English . . .
Empirical evidence is the evidence of the senses, of direct observation or measurement Compare that to rational evidence , which is evidence that is the result of deduction or other reasoning, or anecdotal evidence which comes from personal testimony (which may be reliable or not)
- Whats the difference between to confirm and to verify?
These words are similar, but are usually used in different ways To verify something usually means being able to provide convincing evidence that it is true When something is to be verified, there is usually some doubt as to whether it is actually true To confirm something usually means providing some additional evidence that it is true
- Is there any proof versus are there any proofs
This is just wrong, even if you believe that "proof" is a mass noun in this context "Five pieces of evidence that aliens exist" is much better than "five examples than aliens exist", "five truths that aliens exist'", or "five facts that aliens exist," all of which are even less correct than "five proofs" –
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