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Feb 22, 2015 at 20:31 history tweeted twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/569595454859685890
Feb 22, 2015 at 13:42 comment added FumbleFingers @Peter: I never thought to check that, but comparing NGrams for contemporary AmE usage and BrE usage does indeed show a clear difference in relative prevalence.
Feb 22, 2015 at 12:36 comment added Peter Shor @FumbleFingers ... or American. (A lot of us say proved, but proven is certainly not unusual.)
Feb 20, 2015 at 18:20 review Close votes
Feb 20, 2015 at 19:11
Feb 20, 2015 at 16:53 answer added Fred Bailey timeline score: 2
Feb 20, 2015 at 15:29 vote accept mattiav27
Feb 20, 2015 at 14:55 comment added FumbleFingers It's worth noting that as was proved has always been far more common than the proven version (which sounds rather mock-archaic/dialectal Scottish to me).
Feb 20, 2015 at 14:50 review First posts
Feb 20, 2015 at 17:48
Feb 20, 2015 at 14:50 answer added Kevin timeline score: 2
Feb 20, 2015 at 14:48 history asked mattiav27 CC BY-SA 3.0