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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Ran or Run
Which sentence is correct?
I have not ran the air conditioning this year.
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I have not run the air conditioning this year.
I have not ran the air conditioning this year.
or
I have not run the air conditioning this year.
Top answer
run is required the present perfect requires the infinitive, not the past tense
- run is required the present perfect requires the infinitive, not the past tense
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run
is required
the present perfect requires the infinitive, not the past tense
is required
the present perfect requires the infinitive, not the past tense
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I'm not good at the names of things, but don't you mean it requires the past participal, rather than the inifinite?
To sing.
Yesterday I sang.
I haven't sung that particular song in hears. Past participal - sung - not the infinitive.
To sing.
Yesterday I sang.
I haven't sung that particular song in hears. Past participal - sung - not the infinitive.
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Grammar GeekFunny typo
I haven't sung that particular song in hears.
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Argh. Years! Years!! (And I meant infinitive, not infinite. Some days it doesn't pay to go near the keyboard, does it?) Although I do wonder how you got that picture of me and the pig!
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Grammar GeekI'm not good at the names of things, but don't you mean it requires the past participal, rather than the inifinite?Stupid error on my side, guess I was ready to take my nap: of course it's the past participle which is required in the present perfect.
Funny site: can't edit my erroneous posting any mo
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Heck, apparently I can't even spell participle. But you're so often on the ball with these things that I found myself questioning my own thoughts. I guess I should have had confidence in my grammar and questioned my typing!
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I have not [run / *ran] the air conditioning this year.
Aside from verbs which do not change at all (cut, quit, ...), the only verbs which have the same form for infinitive and past participle are run (run, ran, run) and come (come, came, come) and their compounds (rerun, become, ...).
CJ
Aside from verbs which do not change at all (cut, quit, ...), the only verbs which have the same form for infinitive and past participle are run (run, ran, run) and come (come, came, come) and their compounds (rerun, become, ...).
CJ
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Hi Grammar Geek,
Sorry but I don't really get your humor. Humor, along with figurative languages, are among the aspects of the English language which I still haven't got the hang of. What do mean by "Some days it doesn't pay to go near the keyboard, does it?" ? What is it about the picture of you and the pig? And what did you mean by "But you're so often on the ball with t
Sorry but I don't really get your humor. Humor, along with figurative languages, are among the aspects of the English language which I still haven't got the hang of. What do mean by "Some days it doesn't pay to go near the keyboard, does it?" ? What is it about the picture of you and the pig? And what did you mean by "But you're so often on the ball with t
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Hi PBF,
"Somedays it doesn't pay" = it's not worth the time/trouble. When I make so many typing errors in one post, I think that I should save everyone the trouble and not type at all.
I no longer remember what the pig comment was about. Perhaps there was another post with a picture in it that appeared that day.
"On the ball" = Alert, paying attention. I said usually he
"Somedays it doesn't pay" = it's not worth the time/trouble. When I make so many typing errors in one post, I think that I should save everyone the trouble and not type at all.
I no longer remember what the pig comment was about. Perhaps there was another post with a picture in it that appeared that day.
"On the ball" = Alert, paying attention. I said usually he
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