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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
Had run vs. had ran!!!
My son, a grade 7 student in a French school, is struggling with English grammar. Unfortunately, on this one, his English speaking mother cannot decide which is correct.
He must decide which to use: "...she had run the whole way" or ".....she had ran the whole way". They both seem plausible to me. HELP!!!!!!
He must decide which to use: "...she had run the whole way" or ".....she had ran the whole way". They both seem plausible to me. HELP!!!!!!
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'She had run... ' is the correct answer - past perfect uses the auxiliary verb HAVE in the past, with the past participle RUN. Ran is the past simple of run.
- 'She had run...
- ' is the correct answer - past perfect uses the auxiliary verb HAVE in the past, with the past participle RUN.
- Ran is the past simple of run.
- 'She RAN the whole way' is also correct (without had).
- Hope this helps.
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'She had run... ' is the correct answer - past perfect uses the auxiliary verb HAVE in the past, with the past participle RUN.
Ran is the past simple of run. 'She RAN the whole way' is also correct (without had).
Hope this helps.
Ran is the past simple of run. 'She RAN the whole way' is also correct (without had).
Hope this helps.
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Thank you for your help. This is a great site, especially for those of us (like me) who have been out of school for a number of years and are now trying to explain grammar to our children. Thanks again, much appreciated.
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run, ran, run
she runs the whole way everyday . ( simple present )
she ran the whole way yesterday. ( simple past
she runs the whole way everyday . ( simple present )
she ran the whole way yesterday. ( simple past
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I was just talking to my husband this morning about people who run marathons. Which is correct:
She has run 38 marathons or She has ran 38 marathons?
She has run 38 marathons or She has ran 38 marathons?
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GuestMy son, a grade 7 student in a French school, is struggling with English grammar. Unfortunately, on this one, his English speaking mother cannot decide which is correct.the short answer is, whatever the teacher says is correct. as you might surmise from the thread so far, that's gonna be 'run'.
GuestHe must decide which to us
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... Sam C excuse me but what exactly is this 'englishes'?
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The present tense of run is run. The association members run a sloppy office.
The past tense is ran. I ran out of patience.
The past participle is run. I have run into resistance every time I've tried to solve the problem. She has run from her responsibilities.
Regarding the problem that arises when forming the past participle, some people mistakenly use the past tense ran instead of
The past tense is ran. I ran out of patience.
The past participle is run. I have run into resistance every time I've tried to solve the problem. She has run from her responsibilities.
Regarding the problem that arises when forming the past participle, some people mistakenly use the past tense ran instead of
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Dear anonymous,
You helped me. I was confused with the past perfect tense (had run/had ran)
Thanks : )
Vaibhav,
Bangalore, India.
You helped me. I was confused with the past perfect tense (had run/had ran)
Thanks : )
Vaibhav,
Bangalore, India.
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Excuse me, mr annonymous, but coming from someone who has a Master's in TESOL, Englishes, are the many varieties of English that exist in the world today, so there are many variations on the English language, hence "Englishes". Check out a textbook used in an MA TESOL class if you want to verify this. If you care to do a corpus study on this matter try going to news.google.com, and search for "ha
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