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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
- 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)
- 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
- 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 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"
- A word or phrase that defines Preconceived opinions based on . . .
The definition of preconceived is (of an idea or opinion) formed before having the evidence for its truth or usefulness: the same set of facts can be tailored to fit any preconceived belief The phrase preconceived opinions that are based on experience or reason seems somewhat oxymoronic
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