Is proven a word or is there something wrong with spell check

[Bandit]

I now use proved instead because I must admit I really don't know. I always "assumed" proven to be a regular word but spell check doesn't recognize it. :shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

1. Of course "proven" is a word.

[Bandit]

5. Any guesses why Spell Check won't recognize it?

I always thought so as well, but :shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

8. How on earth would I know the answer to that? One thing for certain...

... is that if your particular spell check won't recognize it, so much the worse for your spell check.

[CBGLuthier]

10. I can tell you exactly why spell check does not recognize it

Because it is not in the spell checker's dictionary.


Why? I don't know, but that is how spell checking works. Brute force comparison against a library of words.

Most likely the word could be added to the dictionary.


Hmm, I just tried proven and it worked fine. Maybe someone snuck it in while you were discussing?

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

2. Dan Quayle SpellChecker 2000?

[Peace Patriot]

It's a word because I say it's a word! F__ "spell check"! n/t

[MuseRider]

3. Here you go.

prov·en Pronunciation (prvn)
v.
A past tense and a past participle of prove.
adj.
Having been demonstrated or verified without doubt: "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness and prescience" Joyce Carol Oates. See Usage Note at prove.

[fooj]

4. Yep. It's a word.

proved: established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"

[liberal N proud]

6. From Merriam-Webster

prove
One entry found for prove.


Main Entry: prove
Pronunciation: 'prüv
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): proved; proved or prov·en /'prü-v&n, Britain also 'prO-/; prov·ing /'prü-vi/
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French prover, pruver, from Latin probare to test, prove, from probus good, honest, from pro- for, in favor + -bus (akin to Old English bEon to be) -- more at PRO-, BE
transitive verb
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/proven

[TahitiNut]

7. I noted that in the ol' "Bugs & Suggestions" forum years ago ...

... when the spellchecker was first added. :shrug: It's a living (or dying) language.

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Never. Trust. Spell check.

Thus endeth the lesson.