Losing sleep over this.. Have/had run/ran

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Hi guys so i'm preparing for an upcoming exam and i have discovered a huge lack of knowledge regarding my grammar knowledge. Can you tell me which ones are true and if not why aren't they?
Here it goes,

1- It's the biggest campaign they have ran so far (i think this is true)

2- It's the biggest campaign they have run so far

3- It's the biggest campaign they had run so far
Regarding above, Would anything change if we were to remove so far's from the ends of sentences?

And also with the was,

4- It was the biggest campaign they had run

5- It was the biggest campaign they have ran ( again i think this is the correct one)

Xerxes · Accepted Answer

Anonymous1- It's the biggest campaign they have ran so far (i think this is true)

1. Incorrect. "ran" is only correct with the simple past. "I ran". "You ran". Etc. "Have run".

Anonymous2- It's the biggest campaign they have run so far

2. This one is correct.

Anonymous3- It's the biggest campaign they had run so far

3. Doesn't look right. You are using the past perfect here ("had run"), which is appropriate if one event in the past took place before another past event. However, your "it's" suggests you are referring to the present (now), so you have one event in the present and one in the past, which makes the use of the past perfect here incorrect. Whether "so far" is there or not doesn't really make a difference.

Anonymous4- It was the biggest campaign they had run

4. This is correct - see #3 to understand why. You can also say "it was the biggest campaign they had run so far". In this context, "so far" refers to the time when "it was" took place.

Anonymous5- It was the biggest campaign they have ~~ran~~ ( again i think this is the correct one)

5. Again, "run", not "ran". I.e. "…they have run…" If you replace the word with "run", I would say that the sentence could be correct if you want to say that this campaign (that they ran at some point in the past) was the biggest one they ever ran, in all the time before the campaign and in all the time since the campaign and up to the present (now).

Hope this helps.

CalifJim · Answer

AnonymousCan you tell me which ones are true ... ?

No, because I don't know anything about their campaign. I wasn't there when they were running the campaign, so I don't know what is true about it and what is false.

(I think you meant 'correct', not 'true'.)
__________

The first and third verb forms are the same for these verbs: run ran run / come came come

So 'have ran' and 'had ran' are not correct. It's 'have run' and 'had run'.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

"Have ran" is never correct.

I run everyday.

I ran a mile yesterday.

I had run a mile when the rain started.

Losing sleep over this.. Have/had run/ran

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