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What exactly is the meaning of the phrase 'the exception proves the rule'?
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∙ 16y ago
The word proves in this context means "tests the validity of." The expression is generally misunderstood to mean that the exception somehow demonstrates the validity of the rule.
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What is a sentence using the word exceptional?
As a conjunction:I didn't do a thing today except answer questions.As a preposition:The bakery is open every day except Christmas.Everyone in the class except Tom came to the picnic.(Rarely used) As a verb: The city will except charities from the new payroll tax.NOTE:The colloquial use of the word may improperly use except to mean "but."She wanted to buy the bicycle for her birthday except she didn't have enough money.(...meaning except for the fact that...) You should properly use the word "but."
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''prove that someone or something is false.''
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Should you use personal experiences in an argumentative essay?
It further proves your point.
What is the difference between an error and an exception?
An exception is usually1. The act of excepting or the condition of being excepted; exclusion.2. One that is excepted, especially a case that does not conform to a rule or generalization.3. An objection or a criticism: opinions that are open to exception.4. Law A formal objection taken in the course of an action or a proceeding.Whereas and error is:1. An act, assertion, or belief that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.2. The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge.3. The act or an instance of deviating from an accepted code of behavior.4. A mistake.5. Mathematics The difference between a computed or measured value and a true or theoretically correct value.The phrase "the exception proves the rule" is usually misused because the "proves" is an archaic usage meaning "tests".
Are there exceptions to every rule in the English language?
Not EVERY rule, but most of them. Hence the saying, 'the exception that proves the rule.'
Why is saying the exception proves the rule incompatible with the scientific method?
Because it's not scientific, its actually an very old legal principle.
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The correct spelling is "proves."
Is espirit de corps in Latin?
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hydrogen combined with oxygen turn water.. this is chemistry theory that proves
What is the plural of prove?
Proves
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