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Hi.
What's the difference between
My king will prove quite useful for this purpose.
and
It will be proved that my king is quite useful for this purpose.
?Thanks in advance
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In the first sentence, "prove" means "turn out to be". , the truth of "my king is quite useful for this purpose" will be demonstrated). The first sentence seems more likely.
- In the first sentence, "prove" means "turn out to be".
- , the truth of "my king is quite useful for this purpose" will be demonstrated).
- The first sentence seems more likely.
- In any case, if you want the first meaning then I don't recommend the second sentence as an alternative.
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In the first sentence, "prove" means "turn out to be". In the second sentence, the meaning seems more like "demonstrate to be true" (i.e., the truth of "my king is quite useful for this purpose" will be demonstrated). The first sentence seems more likely. In any case, if you want the first meaning then I don't recommend the second sentence as an alternative.
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