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Moon7296 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
verb prove plus to infinitive
1. He proved to be a great painter.
2. People came to know that "he" is a great painter.
3. People came to know that "he" became a great painter.
Q) I think #1 is interpreted as #2. How should I say if I want to express #3 just like #1 using the verb "prove?"
2. People came to know that "he" is a great painter.
3. People came to know that "he" became a great painter.
Q) I think #1 is interpreted as #2. How should I say if I want to express #3 just like #1 using the verb "prove?"
Top answer
#3 is slightly awkwardly phrased, but essentially I don't see any reason to think that the meaning of #1 is closer to #2 than to #3.
- #3 is slightly awkwardly phrased, but essentially I don't see any reason to think that the meaning of #1 is closer to #2 than to #3.
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#3 is slightly awkwardly phrased, but essentially I don't see any reason to think that the meaning of #1 is closer to #2 than to #3.
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moon7296Q) I think #1 is interpreted as #2.The meanings are different.
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moon7296Then could you please interpret(rephrase) what #1 means?It became apparent that he was a great painter. It was not obvious straight away that he would be, but in the end it turned out that way.
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Nobody thought he had any artistic talent. Over time, he showed that these people were wrong. It turned out that he really was a great painter.
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