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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

"Has Ran Away" or "Has Run Away"?

Which one is correct?
  

Top answer

Has run away. Had ran away.

  • Has run away.
  • Had ran away.
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28 Answers
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Has run away.

Had ran away.
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Hi Sir David!
Dave PhillipsHad ran away.
What does this suppose to mean?
I've never encountered this kind of sentence before.

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It is the past tense of has run away.

Before his current disappearance, the boy had ran away on 4 previous occasions.
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Hi again Sir David!

I'm familiar with "had run away", but not with "had ran away".
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frostwhiteI'm familiar with "had run away", but not with "had ran away".
In standard English, "had ran away" is surely wrong??
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yup it's wrong

had + Vpp

run ran run
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Hi Mr!
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.

Anyway, thanks for that Mr. Wordy!

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Hi Frostwhite & other posters

It is something that I have heard on several occassions and therefore picked it up. Having said that it doesn't mean that it is right. Runaway as a single word is a noun so therefore can be used regardless of tense. As I can't find anything saying that 'had ran away' is acceptable or not I suggest we all stick to had run away.
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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

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