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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
- Evidenced in or by? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Evidenced 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 "
- 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
- 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
- When to say a proof, the proof and just proof?
When used in this sense, the article is usually excluded Really, the word 'evidence' would have been a better choice here, but 'evidence' and 'proof' have unfortunately become conflated in modern usage I say it is unfortunate because the formal usage actually refers to a related but quite different concept
- Whats the difference between to confirm and to verify?
4 Verification requires external evidence Confirmation requires a re-issuance of a believed statement Sometimes, one may trust a third party to obtain and review the evidence required for a verification, which could lead to both word choices being valid
- 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
- 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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