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The use of '''show''' as a [[noun]] is a common [[colloquialism]] in several areas. Avoid it in [[academic writing]]. (For a note on 
the [[inflect]]ions of the [[irregular verb]] 'to '''show'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>, go to [[show (irregular verb)]]; for  a note about an older spelling, go to [[shew - shewn - shewed]].)

*For '''show''' in the most common sense, in the area of the performing arts, say a <nowiki>'</nowiki>'''play'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> or '''<nowiki>'</nowiki>musical'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>, etc, as appropriate; or use the all-purpose '''<nowiki>'</nowiki>[theatrical] performance'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>. 
*In the area of the visual arts, say '''<nowiki>'</nowiki>an exhibition'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>.
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