help me this question!please.....! I don't know how to choose it !

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I don't know what you're talking about. Where did I write, 'was proved to be'?
 

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Read your post again. If you were not objecting to "was proven to be" then there is no reason to object to that choice in the original question. Therefore, as I posted, two choices are correct in the original question.
 

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I have read my post and you are making no sense. I did object to 'was proven to be'. That is the whole point.
 

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And that led to my Ngrams. But it did not lead to your Ngrams. That was my point. You can't have it both ways.
 

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And you then used the Ngrams to compare a phrase that is relevant to this thread with one that isn't.
 

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