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'They were showed' VS 'They were shown'

posted 10 years ago by Adolfito34
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Zac says:

"women's brains lit up like fireworks, when they were showed pictures of shoes"

Shouldn't it be shown? If not, why?

If we use the verb "draw" instead of "show" it would be "drawn" not "drew".

Any grammar nazi to help me out here?

Thanks.

[–] Adolfito34 10 years ago

Oh crap just realized "showed" can be used as past participle as well.

Well that answers my question.

[–] briand10 10 years ago

I thought/wondered the same thing. Although it's ok to use showed, it just doesn't sound right.