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by confuse mind » Mon May 23, 2011 10:41 am
Please clarify me whether 'shown as' is the correct idiom or 'shown to be'
And if both are correct, what are the differences in the usage?

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by itsmebharat » Tue May 24, 2011 2:12 am
Can you please share the question where you seen both these options?
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by confuse mind » Thu May 26, 2011 7:06 pm
I can give examples for each but don't which form is to be used in which case

X is shown as a detective in movie Y.
X is shown to be a detective in movie Y.
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by sameerballani » Thu May 26, 2011 7:09 pm
confuse mind wrote:I can give examples for each but don't which form is to be used in which case

X is shown as a detective in movie Y.
X is shown to be a detective in movie Y.
To me, Shown as seems to be right.
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by confuse mind » Thu May 26, 2011 9:27 pm
I googled and found both of them correct in one or other examples. In the above case, even I feel that 'shown as' makes more sense.

But, 'shown to be' is also correct in some *other* cases.

e.g, The recent research has shown Macintosh to be Stronger than Windows. :)


From all this and some prior knowledge base, can someone please conclude on the usage guidelines for 'shown as' and 'shown to be'
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