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- Is evidence countable? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The weight of evidence; two cans of coffee, 3 loaves of bread 4 bottles of wine, and so on The containers are countable but not the contents The ' weights of evidence' would be wrong because 'evidence' is an abstract concept We can't touch 'evidence' but 'types of evidence' such as hair samples, photographs, documents are countable
- Whats the difference in meaning between evidence and proof?
Evidence means:- A thing or things helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment: The broken window was evidence that a burglary had taken place Scientists weigh the evidence for and against a hypothesis [American Heritage Dictionary via the Free Dictionary] Proof means:- The evidence or argument that compels the mind to accept an assertion as
- Can evidence be used as verb? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is it fine to used evidence as verb? For eg the study evidenced that If not, what other better word can be used in the place of evidence as a verb? Note: I find evidence can be used as a ve
- Will vs is going to for predictions, what is considered an evidence?
So I know we use is going to for predictions with evidence, and will for predictions without evidence, but I've read some examples that made me very confused about what evidence actually means Ta
- 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 gives 13 nounal senses) I've just illustrated count
- What word describes interpreting evidence in such a way as to reach a . . .
A person might honestly and objectively present all of the known facts about a case and then make a conjecture as to what conclusion these facts point to This wouldn't involve a biased presentation of the evidence to support the conclusion Can you provide a dictionary definition of conjecture that fits the situation that the poster describes?
- There is not evidence vs. There is not any evidence vs. There is no . . .
There "is not" evidence Reading this you should make a pause between not and evidence or emphasize "is not" Like There isn't evidence e g There is not given evidence Either you refer to the presence of nothing or the absence of something that might be evidence In "normal" word order this sounds queer but is more clearly
- phrases - Why does something strain credulity? - English Language . . .
"since credulity already connotes a belief that is unreasonable" - I think you may have this slightly backwards Credulity is a capacity to believe something, and as dictionaries note, particularly it is used to suggest belief in something without a lot of evidence However, the word still sounds like an affirmative (i e it's about the capacity to believe), where in contrast, something that
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