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I could not found vs I could not find

The correct phrase is "I could not find." The use of "found" in the first phrase is incorrect.
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I could not found

This phrase is incorrect. The verb "found" is not used in this context.

The correct phrase is "I could not find." Use "find" as the past tense of the verb to indicate the inability to locate something in the past.
  • Mar 3, 2017 ... I could not found it is grammatically incorrect. I could not find it is correct. also found is past tense. See a translation.
  • Sep 19, 2023 ... I could not found any arduplane gazebo model do you have one? ... I searched many github repos, but I could not find an airplane model that was ...
  • Aug 19, 2021 ... Mosh is my fevarate trainer ever … i really live his teaching style and course content … but in his courses i could not found about ...
  • Jun 14, 2010 ... p.s. I could not found any way to really force kill a session :( Share. Share a link to this answer. Copy link. CC BY-SA 2.5 · Improve this ...
  • Apr 13, 2014 ... There is no bin file there. Also I looked under /opt/mqm/bin, I could not found amqsbcg or amqsbcg.c. I am running websphere mq ...
  • Jul 22, 2016 ... I could not found the way to do this, since projects inside groups are shared to every member in the group. Any solution? Maybe the way is ...
  • Nov 28, 2023 ... For sure I checked my settings but i could not found any setuo item to influence the error / feature wether in Agenda nor in IPadOS. IU also ...
  • Oct 7, 2014 ... So that is reasonable that I could not found wireshark in terminal but I could find tshark! Share. Share a link to this answer. Copy link. CC ...
  • Apr 14, 2023 ... I would like to know if there is any way to adjust 2D camera to make axonometric 45 degrees views or something, I could not found this in camera ...
  • Dec 15, 2023 ... Anyone has the same issue. I suppose it is a Chome security setting but I could not found it. In Safari does not works.

Alternatives:

  • I could not find
  • I was unable to find
  • I did not find
  • I couldn't locate
  • I failed to find

I could not find

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "I could not find" to express the inability to locate something in the past. The verb "find" is the correct choice in this context.
  • 3 days ago ... So I've finally looked up archon because I could not find it. Remnant 2. 110+ hours and I haven't found many archetypes I don't think and my ...
  • Feb 19, 2024 ... How do you populate a treeview in perspective, I could not find any documentation on how to do it · Ignition Exchange · perspective.
  • For the boy I was, the book I could not find. Wednesday, October 4, 2017. Every time I open up our copy of Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals, I smile at ...
  • Dec 15, 2021 ... I looked and I could not find. Unsolved. r/blenderhelp - I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ...
  • Mar 3, 2017 ... Synonym for I could not find it. I could not found it is grammatically incorrect I could not find it is correct. also found is past tense.
  • Sep 11, 2013 ... I could not find any way to delete directly from the Source Control Explorer. I right-clicked the project, then selected "Undo Pending ...
  • Mar 18, 2021 ... I have a slightly annoying issue after upgrading to Postman 8.0.7 and I could not find a related topic. It shows this prompt a lot of times ...
  • Mar 10, 2017 ... I could not find a ".gn" file in the current directory or any parent,and the --root command-line argument was not specified. ...even though ...
  • Jul 23, 2017 ... Dear all. I'm trying to make subset dataset in mata space but I could not find any help about it. for example.
  • Jul 11, 2020 ... Any solution to a graphic card error? - I could not find any capable video play modules. · Adobe Premiere Pro CC 11.07.2020 13_01_11.png · Error ...

Alternatives:

  • I was unable to find
  • I did not find
  • I couldn't locate
  • I failed to find
  • I was unsuccessful in finding

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