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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
Another evidence - English Language Usage Stack Exchange This is because evidence is a non-count noun, so you can't talk about "an evidence" or "another evidence" This was previously addressed in the question, "Is 'evidence' countable?" You could talk about "more evidence" or "further evidence" to avoid the wordier (but just as correct) "another piece of evidence"
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
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 "
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?
Word for dramatically believing or espousing a theory based on some . . . I'm wondering if there's a word for the situation where someone who disbelieves or dismisses ideas with lots of strong evidence (apparently due to failing to meet their standard), is dramatically espousing a new belief based on evidence that doesn't even meet the aforementioned, apparently insufficient standard of evidence
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