Has run away. Had ran away.
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Dave PhillipsHad ran away.What does this suppose to mean?
frostwhiteI'm familiar with "had run away", but not with "had ran away".In standard English, "had ran away" is surely wrong??
Mr WordyIn standard English, "had ran away" is surely wrong??That's what I thought, but I didn't want to dispute anyone here, especially a native speaker. It may have been something I haven't learned yet.
Dave PhillipsIt is something that I have heard on several occassions and therefore picked it up.This mixing up (as I would call it) of past tenses and past participles is a feature of certain British regional dialects. For example, you might hear "He's ran away" or "He's sang in the choir for five years". I'm sure these variant forms are quite natural to the