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Through a mirrored experiment, Peary's journey was testified as valid.
Through a mirrored experiment, Peary's journey was testified as valid.
Q1: Does the sentence above sound natural?
Q2: Can I replace the word "valid" with "credible" ? If so, which one would be better?
Q2: Can I replace the word "valid" with "credible" ? If so, which one would be better?
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Both valid and credible work in the sentence, but the meanings are slightly different.
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
Peary was claimed to be the first explorer who reached the Arctic. Modern-day researchers try to repeat his journey by using the same amount of dogsleds, taking the same route as he did and so forth, so as to tesify whether the time it would take matches the original record.
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