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Tomasz Winnicki
July 22nd, 2007, 05:07 PM
And what about "...was rebuilt..." or "...was rebuild..."?

Having checked here: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/build I'm lead to believe that "... was built" is the correct form, but if you do an internet search on "was build" you'll see that people use that form as well.

Aimee
July 22nd, 2007, 06:02 PM
I believe it is "was built". I did a search using google, and most of the places I saw "was build" being used were ones discussing "builds" of various programs. I even found a site where someone corrected someone's use of "was build," lol.

odin
July 24th, 2007, 06:30 PM
"Built" is the past tense of "build." The word "was" indicates something that has already occurred, hence, in the past. The correct usage is "was built."

Nordraserei
July 24th, 2007, 06:56 PM
Was built. ;)