“The sun has shown brightly all week.”
Confusables Entry 1143 / 1350 60-second read
Shone vs. Shown
Past of SHINE versus past participle of SHOW.
The comparisoni
“The sun has shone brightly all week. ("Shown" is the past participle of SHOW.)”
The ruleii
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SHONE = shine. SHOWN = show.
SHONE is the past tense of SHINE (the sun shone). SHOWN is the past participle of SHOW (I have shown you). One vowel.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
ShInE gives shONE. ShOW gives shoWN.