Timeline for Is "proven" very old -fashioned?
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| Sep 8, 2014 at 21:34 | comment | added | Alex B. | @PeterShor, I myself am quite baffled as to how to interpret that statement - hence a question mark in brackets [? - Alex B.]. | |
| Aug 24, 2014 at 11:04 | comment | added | Peter Shor | I don't believe that proven is at all common as a past tense; "I proven the theorem yesterday" sounds completely wrong. As a past participle, though, it seems tied with proved right now; see Ngram. | |
| May 21, 2012 at 9:37 | comment | added | Georges Elencwajg | Thanks a lot, Alex: I would never have guessed that proven is at least as common as proved in the USA. | |
| May 20, 2012 at 20:55 | comment | added | Christi | +1 for source, and also for the "not proven" point, which I was itching to make. | |
| May 20, 2012 at 20:47 | history | answered | Alex B. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |