What is the opposite to "confirm / prove a hypothesis"? Suggestions: 1) to disconfirm a hypothesis 2) to disprove a hypothesis 3) to provide a counterexample Thank you. I'd not say any of these. The first is contrived, the second inappropriate (a hypothesis is not a proof), and the third not quite what we mean. I'd probably say 'contradict a ...
I can't get my head around this! "Please confirm your participation to my secretary." "Please confirm your participation with my secretary." Every time I think about it I come to a different conclusion. Anyone know whats right?
Could some member/s confirm whether/if I am correct? 1. Is the question correctly phrased? 2, If it is, should I use 'whether' or 'if'? Thanks in advance.
please confirm on seat availablity Please confirm on the receipt of these emails. Are above sentences from google wrong? I can take off 'on'. Please confirm seat availability. Please confirm the receipt of these emails. I often hear people say" Please confirm on this."
I think only 'confirm' will do here. 'Confirm' means generally to give, or to ask for, assurance that something is the case. 'The policeman read out my address and I confirmed it.' 'Verify' is, or can be, closer in meaning to 'discover' or 'check'. 'We've already verfified that Smith was in Manchester on Tuesday so he couldn't have committed the murder.' However, there's a great deal of ...
Can the verb "plead" and "confirm" be followed either by "to" or "with" indifferently? In grammar books, I've seen the recommendation that "plead" should always be used with "with". I'd like to know if both, however, can be used but with differences in meaning. Examples with "plead": I plead to God to show me the way to get a job as soon as ...