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you have shown vs you have showed

The correct phrase to use is 'you have shown.' 'Showed' is the past tense of 'show,' while 'shown' is the past participle. In this case, 'have shown' is the correct present perfect form.
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you have shown

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'you have shown' when referring to something that has been demonstrated or displayed in the past and has relevance to the present.

Examples:

  • You have shown great dedication to your work.
  • She has shown remarkable progress in her studies.
  • I would also like to thank you for the unfailing solidarity you have shown me and my friends throughout my years in prison.
  • Given the complete lack of respect you have shown during Mrs Lulling's speech, I must call all the honourable Members to order.
  • Now, Julio, you have shown incredible presence of mind through all this.
  • Captain Faramir you have shown your quality, sir.
  • Today, President Prodi, you have shown conviction and passionate intensity.
  • Mr Barroso, you have shown skill in electing the Commission.
  • Jeff, you have shown incredible improvement in motor skills, language ability, reflexes, memory.
  • This is a courtesy, because you have shown me respect.
  • Zarda, you have shown me something I have missed.
  • We shall therefore put our confidence in your Commission, Mr Barroso, for you have shown responsibility.
  • The complete lack of respect you have shown to your fellow Members who were speaking before...
  • Mr President, I would firstly like to thank Mrs Matikainen-Kallström for her report and all of you for the sensitivity you have shown with regard to such a serious problem as Moldova.
  • Commissioner Almunia, you have shown courage, and we, in the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, will back you up as you go down this road.
  • you have shown me what it's like to have a son.
  • A world I would have found impossible to believe but for what you have shown me.
  • During your term of office, Mr President, you have shown that Parliament is capable of functioning effectively with representatives of the 25 Member States, now 27, including the Bulgarian and Romanian observers.
  • You ignore the voters, you are destroying democracy, and you have shown that you will stop at nothing.
  • The worthless rock you have shown to me already.
  • And you have shown your laziness, once more.
  • Normally I would, but today, you have shown great character.

Alternatives:

  • you have demonstrated
  • you have displayed
  • you have proven
  • you have exhibited
  • you have indicated

you have showed

This phrase is incorrect in standard English.

  • Whilst in your mind, you have showed me the ember of my own virtue.
  • You have showed everything to your lawyers?
  • But, by resurrecting a Treaty that we all thought dead and buried, you have showed the improbable is indeed possible.
  • "You have showed such mercy and we are so grateful..."... that you are giving us all the opportunity to live.
  • To you they have showed some truth.
  • If you did, you would have showed up at the wagon that day.
  • The world that I have showed you has been shattered.
  • There's something I should have showed you.
  • Andy says you haven't showed up for work in days.
  • What I have showed you here is only the species from Africa, Adansonia digitata.
  • I wonder if your employers would have showed you that kind of mercy.
  • You'd have showed him your jewels, your money. Maybe, but I have no courage.
  • You haven't exactly showed me a road map, Mom.
  • Have you showed this to anybody?
  • If they'd have showed you an empty wood and went, "Look, no tigers..."
  • Have you showed it to Jackie?
  • Before you go, have I showed you my babies?
  • Mr President, yesterday you showed you have a sense of history, and that prompts me to ask a question about the European School Portal supported by the European Commission.
  • Have you ever showed it to a girl and she just started crying?
  • Like, on a first date, have you ever showed a girl your...? (phone vibrates)

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