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Old February 20, 2012, 02:23 AM
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Originally Posted by poli View Post
If you are a stickler for grammar, have proven is the right choice, but I feel the languate is shifting in this case.
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.
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