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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Report was ran?

Some very educated people insist on saying the report was ran every week. Shouldn't it be "the report ran every week" OR "the report was run every week?"

The answer seems obvious to me, but I also seem to be in the minority on this.
  

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" Yes, it should. Anonymous I also seem to be in the minority on this. Hmm.

— CalifJim

  • " Yes, it should.
  • Anonymous I also seem to be in the minority on this.
  • Hmm.
  • Interesting.
  • It seems you've found yourself in a pocket of speakers of non-standard English.
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Anonymous Shouldn't it be "the report ran every week" OR "the report was run every week?"
Yes, it should.
AnonymousI also seem to be in the minority on this.
Hmm. Interesting. It seems you've found yourself in a pocket of speakers of non-standard English.
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Perhaps they concentrated on subjects other than English?
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I'm not sure where you are in the world, but there are some UK regional dialects in which "ran" is colloquially used as the past participle of "run". However, it is incorrect in standard English, and I doubt it could ever be called "educated".
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/run?r=66 See entries #44, #55.
The present is "run." The past is "ran." The past participle is "run."

We run the report weekly. (active, present tense)
We ran the report last Friday. (active, past tense)
The report is run weekly. (passive
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