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Exception that proves the rule : ウィキペディア英語版 | Exception that proves the rule “The exception that proves the rule” is an exception to a generally accepted truth. This is an archaic use of the word ‘prove’, which means ‘to test’.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Full Definition of PROVE )〕 It does not mean that it demonstrates a rule to be true, but that it tests the rule. It is usually used when an exception to a rule has been identified: for example, Mutillidae are wasps without wings, and therefore are an exception that proves (tests) the rule that wasps fly. “The exception () proves the rule” also means that the presence of an exception applying to a ''specific'' case establishes (“proves”) that a ''general'' rule exists. For example, a sign that says “parking prohibited on Sundays” (the exception) “proves” that parking ''is'' allowed on the other six days of the week (the rule). A more explicit phrasing might be “the exception that proves ''the existence of'' the rule.” ==Use in English== Henry Watson Fowler's ''Modern English Usage'' identifies five ways in which the phrase is commonly used, here listed in order from most to least correct.
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