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It was completed vs It completed

Both of them are correct, but they're used in different contexts. 'It was completed' is passive voice and emphasizes the action being done to the subject, while 'it completed' is active voice and emphasizes the subject performing the action.
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It was completed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. It is in the passive voice, emphasizing the action done to the subject.

This phrase is used when you want to emphasize that an action was done to 'it'. It is in the past tense and passive voice.

Examples:

  • The project was completed on time.
  • The puzzle was completed by the children.
  • The report was completed last week.
  • It was completed in 1999 for the coming of the third millennium.
  • It was completed in year 2012, having Act 16 permission for usage.
  • It was completed in 2014 and was officially opened on 18 March 2015.
  • It was completed on December 10, 2005.
  • It was completed by his son in May, 1746.
  • It was completed in the same year with the look which still retains.
  • It was completed in September 2007.
  • It was completed in May 2005.
  • It was completed during the British Protectorate (1815-1864).
  • It was completed during the reign of Alexander II and is now called Speos Batn el-Bakarah.
  • It was completed in 820 days with shovels, spades and explosives; the tunnel also took the life of a platoon of soldiers.
  • It was completed in 1906 and the Paola Park Square's Victorian-style gazebo is from 1913.
  • It was completed in early 1834, at a total cost of 838 pounds and 3s which included gates walls and interior decorating.
  • It was completed in 1985, has 41 floors and is the 18th tallest building in Los Angeles.
  • It was completed in 1870 at a cost of $400,000.
  • It was completed in year 2012, having Act 16 permission for usage. The property is offered finished at "turnkey" stage.
  • It was completed in 193 under the Emperor Septimius Severus, who was buried here along with his predecessors to Hadrian.
  • It was completed in 1973, and displayed at a retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris before being installed in New York in 1974.
  • It was completed in 1963, serves as home ice for the Manchester Central and Memorial High School hockey teams, and is home to the Southern New Hampshire Skating Club.
  • It was completed in 1974 with the headquarters of Security Pacific National Bank, Capital Group Companies and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as its main tenants.

Alternatives:

  • It got completed.
  • It was finished.
  • It was done.

It completed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. It is in the active voice, emphasizing the subject 'it' performing the action.

This phrase is used when you want to emphasize that 'it' completed an action. It is in the past tense and active voice.

Examples:

  • The robot completed the task.
  • The team completed the project successfully.
  • The car completed the race in record time.

Alternatives:

  • It finished.
  • It accomplished.
  • It carried out.

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