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- 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"
- 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
- 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
- american english - Is evidence as a verb an Americanism? - English . . .
But when evidence is "correctly" used as a verb, it has the sense of establish by evidence, to make evident, demonstrate, prove By most people's standards, OP's cited usage is simply "incorrect", since it's obviously being used there with the intended meaning ratify, validate (by signing the relevant forms documentation)
- 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 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
- Is there a word like evidence that doesnt connote empiricism?
and "Analogical Evidence": • Fairly strong or supportive evidence (of a sort) • Explanatory "modeling" of the target phenomenon by means of a comparison with an already understood, or more easily understood, phenomenon So you could say that anecdote, testimony, and analogy are forms of evidence that do not inherently connote empiricism
- 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?
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