[Vocabulary] To prove not to endorse a view?

[Habituellement]

Hello.

Please could you tell me if "proves not to endorse" is a correct synonym (or quasi-synonym perhaps) for "shows that she does not endorse" in the following sentence?

In developing such argument, Skutnabb-Kangas shows that she does not endorse the view that language is essentially social.

In developing such argument, Skutnabb-Kangas proves not to endorse the view that language is essentially social.

If no, would you have correct synonyms to suggest? My aim is to shorten the sentence, because I find "shows that she does not" a bit heavy.
Thank you very much for your answer.

 

[GoesStation]

"Proves" doesn't work.

The original sentence is missing an indefinite article (or lacks a plural). Can you see where the problem is?

 

[Habituellement]

"Proves" doesn't work.

The original sentence is missing an indefinite article (or lacks a plural). Can you see where the problem is?

Thank you, GoesStation.
"In developing such an argument"?
I have hesitated because I sometimes read "in such book", "in such country", etc.

 

[GoesStation]

Thank you, GoesStation.
"In developing such an argument"?
I have hesitated because I sometimes read "in such books", "in such countries", etc.

Except for the word order, English works the same as French here — in the singular. The indefinite article isn't possible in the plural; it's replaced with nothing.

 

[Habituellement]

Please could you tell me if that formulation is correct?

In developing such an argument, Skutnabb-Kangas shows not to endorse the view that language is essentially social.

Thank you very much.

 

[GoesStation]

It's not correct. Do you mean Skutnabb-Kangas chose not to endorse the view?

 

[Habituellement]

It's not correct. Do you mean Skutnabb-Kangas chose not to endorse the view?

No, I mean that, in developing such an argument, Skutnabb-Kangas shows that she does not endorse the view that language is essentially social.
In other words, the argument developed by Skutnabb-Kangas makes it visible that Skutnabb-Kangas does not endorse the view that language is essentially social, but I am searching for a very short way to express this idea.

 

[jutfrank]

I find "shows that she does not" a bit heavy.

It's not heavy at all. On the contrary, in fact.

In academic writing, clarity trumps brevity.