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we could not find vs we could not found

The correct phrase is "we could not find." The main verb should be in its base form after modal verbs like "could." The phrase "we could not found" is incorrect.
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we could not find

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express the inability to locate something in the past.

Examples:

  • We could not find the keys anywhere.
  • They could not find a solution to the problem.
  • I could not find my phone this morning.
  • Jul 12, 2021 ... It says “Oops! We could not find matching credentials.” although i know that the username and password are 100% correct for both accounts.
  • Feb 13, 2022 ... and attempt to connect to the Rachio 3). I wait two minutes, until I get the message: “We could not find your Rachio” and the FOURTH LIGHT on ...
  • Mar 15, 2022 ... WE COULD NOT FIND MATCHING CREDENTIALS. I keep getting this message when I try to log on but only on a certain device. I have tried resetting ...
  • Feb 11, 2019 ... We could not find an OAuth authorization for the connected app 'Global Connected App'. Make sure to authorize your Dev Hub org with the Salesforce CLI.
  • Oct 10, 2018 ... We could not find a subscription assigned to this user - Visual Studio Dev Essentials Closed - Not Enough Info0 7.. 0Votes. PSPhillip ...
  • Oct 6, 2022 ... "We could not find the quote record you are trying to access. It may have been deleted by another user, or there may have been a system error. Ask your ...
  • Dec 30, 2022 ... I can make updates no problem (via the web UI), but keep getting that red bar every other second with the error: “We could not find that Workers ...
  • Apr 25, 2022 ... I have set game to show stat's, I have also set Origin to share profile and achievements, yet I still get “We could not find player Burj on ...
  • Nov 27, 2022 ... 20:624][ 0]LogInit: Error: VisualStudioToolsCommandlet looked like a commandlet, but we could not find the class. Command failed with exit code ...
  • May 29, 2024 ... ... when I went to sync bank accounts every one of them errors out with "We could not find an active account for you at bankname" WCC Code:

Alternatives:

  • we were unable to find
  • we couldn't locate
  • we didn't find

we could not found

This phrase is incorrect in English.

  • Dec 15, 2023 ... The gamescope tab of the game-defaults and game-specific settings display an error "We could not found gamescope on the PATH. Install it or add it to the PATH."
  • Hello, we use the LM2576-5.0 with VIN = 24VDC and the ILoad is now min. 27mA and max 50mA. Now we could not found the minimum Load Current in the DataSheet.
  • May 4, 2018 ... Hello there, i m just frech install YouPHPTube-Encoder : i have this error : Sorry! We could not found your streamer site! my website is ...
  • We could not found any detail about in datasheet about this issue. Please advise, what could be the issue? over 9 years ago.
  • Aug 17, 2023 ... ... (we could not found any difference between them except maybe the country that they were made in). Is this issue known? Thanks in advanced ...
  • Dec 23, 2023 ... One important information we could not found is wether when we connect two Hue Bridges (or even more in the future) will be able to group ...
  • but we could not found how to navigate or where to see these permissions. Hope you can help us with this. Thank you. Kind Regards,. Altair. Screenshot 2022-07 ...
  • Nov 13, 2021 ... We could not found a reason why the service is breaking, Can someone give us a hand? WalterSimonazzi_VicPol_0-1636856734037.png. @RJSunderman.
  • We could not found increased activity of death receptor and caspase-8 as markers of the extrinsic apoptosis pathway for the APRE treated cells. In presence ...

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