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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Ran vs. Run in Simple Past

Hi everyone,

I know that run, ran, run trick with the simple present, simple past, and past perfect, but I'm having trouble determining what is past perfect and simple past.

The past perfect uses 'had,' but why does, for example, this have to use the past perfect?
"The world was run by idiots"

I'm trying to come up with cases where ran can by used properly in the same context, but I'm not sure what is correct. The simple past in where an event has already taken place and is completed, so why is this incorrect? "In a world ran by idiots..."

Thanks!
  

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The past perfect uses 'had,' but why does, for example, this have to use the past perfect? "The world was run by idiots"-- This is simple past tense passive voice. Passive voice does not employ the past participle ('ran').

— Mister Micawber

  • The past perfect uses 'had,' but why does, for example, this have to use the past perfect?
  • "The world was run by idiots"-- This is simple past tense passive voice.
  • Passive voice does not employ the past participle ('ran').
  • I don't understand what else you want to know.
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The past perfect uses 'had,' but why does, for example, this have to use the past perfect?
"The world was run by idiots"-- This is simple past tense passive voice. Passive voice does not employ the past participle ('ran'). I don't understand what else you want to know.
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Anonymous I know that run, ran, run trick with the simple present, simple past, and past perfect, but I'm having trouble determining what is past perfect and simple past.

The past perfect uses 'had,' but why does, for example, this have to use the past perfect?
"The world was run by idiots"

I'm trying to come up with cases where ran can by used prope
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