The phrase "a study to prove" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to research or analysis aimed at demonstrating a specific hypothesis or theory.
Example: "The researchers conducted a study to prove the effectiveness of the new drug in treating the disease."
Alternatives: "a study aimed at demonstrating" or "a study designed to validate".
But has there been a study to prove that?
Has anyone done a study to prove that messages such as these actually affect passenger behavior?
Plus, nobody needs a study to prove it's not just sex and contentment that suffer when people have babies.
Because the devices have been used so widely, it has been difficult to find enough untreated patients to mount a study to prove their effectiveness and safety.
Re "Seeking Mute Button for Urban Din" (NYC column, April 14), by Clyde Haberman: While a study might prove that noise is a health hazard, we don't need a study to prove it's excessive.
Another physician not connected with the study, Dr. Judy Neafsey, medical director of the specialty care center at Stroger Hospital, part of Cook County's public hospital system, said: "It's interesting to think you even need a study to prove that.
In a recent case, architects Kohn Pedersen Fox had to use a shadow study to prove that their odd design for an office block near the World Trade Centre site in New York wouldn't block out any more sunlight than a conventional shape.
Finally, a new bulk carrier design is taken as a case study to prove the validity and necessity of this expert system.
Carol Williams did not need an economic study to prove that her $24,000-a-year job as an administrative assistant could not support three children in New York, even when squeezed into a one-bedroom, $600-a-month apartment in the Bronx.
Dr. David Levitsky, a professor of nutrition and psychology at Cornell University, has produced a fascinating study to prove the point.
This has all proved invaluable for Hall in preparing a case study to prove the impact of her work for the Research Excellence Framework (REF), a process of assessing research to help determine the size of the research grant each university receives.
