was added vs was add

The correct phrase is "was added." The verb "add" needs to be in the past participle form when used with the auxiliary verb "was." "Was add" is not a correct construction in English.

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was added

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something was included or put into a particular place or situation in the past.

Examples:

The new feature was added to the software.
An extra paragraph was added to the report.
The final touches were added to the painting.
A new ingredient was added to the recipe.
More information was added to the website.

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SiO2 was added to neutralize toxicity.
Initial support for printing screens was added.
Applied science was added to the curriculum.
Sometimes a Czech translation was added.
Around 1890 a third floor of rooms was added.
More recently sound was added to the equation.
This flag was added for 4.0.5.
The already extensive feeder capacity was added recently.
A new Article 21 was added, discussing the needs of developing states.
It was added to the text unchanged.
A debate on the situation in Belarus was added to the agenda.
This designation was added to the List on 18 July 2007.
The missing % sign was added upon publication in the Deutsches Markenblatt of 23 September 2005.
Each enhancement was added to the standard released version and thus eventually became available to the general public.
Chilled ethanol was added slowly into the mixture while stirring solution at high speed.
Exfoliating natural soap with soapdish was added to your shopping cart.
Support for character sequences and decrementing arrays was added in 4.1.0.
Support for the following scanners was added in this releases:
Support for the new XL6 model was added.
Support for this third argument was added in PHP 4.1.0.

was add

This phrase is not correct in English.

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I mean, all he had to do was add pieces of cadaver bone to the dental plaster before it hardened.
All I did was add a little bit of me to the mix, you know?
And our goal was to try to humanize them a bit, and what I did was add type and people to the ad, which the previous campaign had not had, and nobody remembered them, and nobody referenced them.
Yes, and all I had to do was add a little petty bickering and mutual loathing.
Consequently our strategy was to add to the censure debate an oral question.
All the military had to do... was to add barbed wire.
The intention was to add a reference to a worldwide tax on CO2 emissions.
The answer was to add vinegar, which would provide the acidic formula needed.
Another option that I tried (based on past experience with this type of amplifier) was to add in a valve stage to the circuit.
The next was to add mobility - so, have the screen on a mobile base.
Or you can do what I did next, which was to add more bright color and texture with the Tulip fabric paint.
And I was about to add two ginormous ponies.
The count Camillo Negroni was used to add some gin to this classic blend.
A clinical clean-up operation - which took some time, I might add - was then ordered by local IRA leaders.
And I was about to add two ginormous ponies.
The renovation was supposed to add value to the house.
Now Gartner was quick to add that HMDs have long-term potential.
He was about to add to his accomplishments.
I was hoping to add your class.
Their only intention in doing so was to add tension to the situation in order to stall the UN sponsored talks scheduled for the next morning.

Alternatives:

was added
was included
was inserted
was placed
was incorporated

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