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Originally Posted by poli
If you are a stickler for grammar, have proven is the right choice, but I feel the languate is shifting in this case.
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I´m afraid I must challenge this. Middle English developed two distinct infinitives from Old French
prover, (L.
probare), namely
proven and
preven. In standard English,
prove alone survives with past part.
proved, but in Scotland and some northern dialects, the pattern
preve survived, with past part.
proven. In Scottish law, the verdict
not proven is a central concept. In the rest of the UK, the form
proven is occasionally used beside
proved.