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Exception that proves the rule?

Posted By: David Levy
Date: Sunday, 9 June 2013, at 10:12 p.m.

In Response To: Exception that proves the rule? (David Rennie)

In the phrase "proves" originally was used in the sense of "tests" as in "proving grounds." The exception that proves the rule is the exception that tests the general validity of a rule.

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