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was shown vs was showed

The correct phrase is 'was shown'. This phrase is commonly used to indicate that something was displayed or presented to someone. 'Was showed' is not grammatically correct.
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was shown

Correct. This phrase is commonly used in English.

This phrase is the past tense of 'to show'. It is used to indicate that something was displayed or presented to someone.

Examples:

  • The movie was shown in theaters last week.
  • The evidence was shown to the jury during the trial.
  • 19 hours ago ... I wish we got the Leatherface style that was shown in the cinematic trailer as an option ... The dirty apron does a lot for me personally. Having ...
  • Oct 29, 2019 ... CCS: GUI Flickers on mouse Movement after web content was shown ... Hello,. I'm experiencing enormous flickering when of the UI in CCS Version: ...
  • Dec 10, 2020 ... Wrong house was shown. I have 7 cameras and my Driveway Cam which points at my truck sent a notification with the wrong house. I don't know ...
  • How to hide a question if another question was shown. 4 years ago. 15 August 2020. 5 replies; 106 views ...
  • Sep 14, 2024 ... Southampton's Jack Stephens was shown a red card for this challenge on Alejandro Garnacho.
  • 0 code was shown after running sonar-scanner · SonarQube · oprince (oprince) June 18, 2022, 4:25am 1. which versions are you using (SonarQube, Scanner, ...
  • May 24, 2024 ... I was shown this picture today of me officiating a wedding in the 1980's. 36 years later the couple is still married. We laughed at the idea that I tied a ...
  • Jan 5, 2024 ... This photo was shown to me along with a large collection of photos in the Pacific Northwest Railway Archive. They wanted me to identify the ...
  • Jun 30, 2023 ... 219 likes, 10 comments - anatshiftan on June 30, 2023: "When this piece was shown at #hostlerburrows. Juliet and Kim painted the wall green.
  • Apr 28, 2022 ... This grammar question depends on the time sense of the statement. For yesterday's experiment, we say 'was shown'.

was showed

Incorrect. 'Was showed' is not a correct construction in English.

  • May 1, 2021 ... Then, I choose to show "Range Azimuth Heat Map". However nothing was showed. I didn't reset the device before I send the new config to ...
  • May 1, 2021 ... Anyone got the name of the OST where Ai's death was showed? It was in episode 6. The guitar one. Question. Season 1 Episode 6. 19:30 onward ...
  • Jul 7, 2009 ... The past participle 'showed' is very rare compared to 'shown'. You do see examples of perfect 'has showed' and passive 'was showed', but it's ...
  • Jul 3, 2021 ... my sharpshooter achievement maxed at level 5, the other day was showed me that i was at level 7 and now it is back to 5, is this a bug? should ...
  • The phrase "was showed" is not considered to be proper written English. A more appropriate choice of words would be "was shown." For example: The students ...
  • Mar 9, 2020 ... How can I darken the main window when the child dialog was showed ... was showed: I want to make an effect like when Qt creator open the ...
  • Mar 24, 2021 ... Bug: The invalid value warning was showed when adding functions to object prototype #21091. Closed. virtuous-code opened this issue on Mar 24 ...
  • Nov 16, 2022 ... ... son was showed a rated R movie in school? All related (38). Recommended. Profile photo for Assistant. Assistant. Bot. ·. Aug 16.
  • Apr 28, 2021 ... But now, i'm facing new problems. When i took the folder which was output by 3D Slicer to Varian Eclipse, i got a tons of error which was showed ...
  • May 4, 2016 ... I was showed the practical room. He showed them their rooms. It can also be used in past participle form when used with the form of the ...

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