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Cup cake Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Irregular verbs

Hi All,

I'm wondering why the word - showed - is irregular. There is an -ed on the end.

This is not irregular at all, yet it's in a list of irregular verbs in another text book I have.

Thanks.

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) present perfect: I have shown (not showed) past perfect: I had shown future perfect: I shall have shown

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  • ) present perfect: I have shown (not showed) past perfect: I had shown future perfect: I shall have shown
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It's irregular because the past participle is not "showed", as it would be if it was regular:

present: I show

past: I showed

future: I shall show

(Thus far this looks regular, but from here on it's irregular.)

present perfect: I have shown (not showed)

past perfect: I had shown

future perfect: I shall have shown
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Ah yes...of course.

Thank you. Emotion: toivo
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Anonymousdfuture: I shall show ... future perfect: I shall have shown
'Will' is far more commonly used to express futurity than 'shall.' 'Shall' is uncommon in BrE these days and, as far as I know, is not used in AmE at all.
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Anonymouspresent perfect: I have shown (not showed)
Many dictionaries and usage guides accept both shown and showed. Being an outsider, I cannot say how common showed is.

CB
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Cup cakeThere is an -ed on the end.
The three forms are as shown below:

show showed shown
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CalifJimEven so, past participle 'showed' is comparatively rare
,... as this
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Thanks Everyone for your contributions.

Yes, I have just tried to form some passive sentences using 'showed' and of course, it's almost always 'shown'.

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