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The phrase "was formerly written" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something was written in a previous form or style that has since changed. Example: "The document was formerly written in a more formal tone, but it has been updated for clarity."
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Ladino was formerly written in Rashi or Solitreo versions of the Hebrew script, but in the 21st century it was more commonly written with the Latin alphabet.
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The Twelve were all formerly written on a single scroll and thus reckoned as one book.
Approval for the study was obtained from the Ethical Committee of the MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit (of which MRC Human Nutrition Research was formerly a part) and written informed consent was obtained from each participant.
Her mother is a writer and writing teacher and was formerly a radio newscaster.
When the house had been upgraded, he gratefully handed over the decorating reins to Mr. Janjigian, who was formerly an editor at Rizzoli and wrote a book about yacht interiors.
Compared to the rubric that was formerly used to assess similar writing tasks, the Rubric was intentionally designed to be more complex and covered a foreign assessment criterion (e.g., author's voice) to probe more discussion from the teacher-raters.
As Vygotsky (1997) writes "every higher mental function … was formerly a social relation of two people" (p.105).
He was formerly curator at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt and is now writing a history of art collecting.
Edward Liddy was formerly the CEO of Allstate -- so I guess we're all in "good hands" (he wrote sarcastically).
He was formerly an offshore oil engineer.
Lead mining was formerly of economic importance.
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