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Perfect Stranger Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Proved or proven?

Dear Users,

Do we say:

She's been proved wrong before or She's been proven wrong before.


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Both are correct. com/browse/prove Either proved or proven is standard as the past participle of prove : Events have proved(or proven) him wrong. As a modifier, proven is by far the more common: a proven fact.

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  • Both are correct.
  • com/browse/prove Either proved or proven is standard as the past participle of prove : Events have proved(or proven) him wrong.
  • As a modifier, proven is by far the more common: a proven fact.
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Both are correct. I typically use "proven."
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/prove

Either proved or proven is standard as the past participle of prove : Events have proved(or proven) him wrong. As a modifier, proven is by far the more common: a proven fact.
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I have always used "proven", but I notice that CBS News uses "proved".

CJ
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