Prove to be

[NicoCCDMD]

Hello,

I simply want to say "The survey proved to be very useful." Is there a French equivalent to "prove to be"?

Thanks,
N.

 

[Barsac]

L'enquête, l'étude, le sondage, l'inspection, s'est montré(e) très utile.

 

[englishman]

Hello,

I simply want to say "The survey proved to be very useful." Is there a French equivalent to "prove to be"?

Thanks,
N.

This is in the WRF dictionary: "s'avérer être"

 

[enoo]

Yes, se révéler, or s'avérer, se montrer.
L'étude s'est révélée (être) / s'est avérée (être) / s'est montrée très utile.

(You can omit être in the 2 first solutions)

 

[Gil]

This is in the WRF dictionary: "s'avérer être"

AMA, on n'a pas besoin de "être" après "s'avérer"
Bien sûr, on en a besoin comme auxiliaire dans "s'est avéré(e)

 

[NicoCCDMD]

Thanks. Though "avérer" is there, it isn't a word I am familiar with, particularly in the reflexive form. Thanks again for the suggestions and clarification.

 

[Gil]

Thanks. Though "avérer" is there, it isn't a word I am familiar with, particularly in the reflexive form. Thanks again for the suggestions and clarification.

L'erreur à éviter est d'écrire "s'est avéré faux", ce qui est illogique.

 

[NicoCCDMD]

...and so "The accusation proved to be false" would be best expressed with "révéler".

 

[Gil]

...and so "The accusation proved to be false" would be best expressed with "révéler".

Oui. Mais il y a d'autres solutions.
Exemple:
On a prouvé la fausseté de l'accusation.

 

[NicoCCDMD]

I think I just got it. Would it be fair to say "avérer" has its root in "vériter"? Or am I just complicating things?

At any rate, things are clear now and I am confident I can put my sentence together correctly. Thanks for your help!

 

[Gil]

I think I just got it. Would it be fair to say "avérer" has its root in "vériter"? Or am I just complicating things?

Dans le TLFi:

Rem. 1. Étant donné que le verbe avérer comprend le rad. « vrai » (lat. verus), la plupart des grammairiens déclarent incorrect l'emploi d'expr. comme s'avérer vrai, faux, exact, inexact.

 

[NicoCCDMD]

Cheers!