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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Run or ran?

I had just run down 9 flights of stairs or i had just ran down 9 flights of stairs?
  

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Hi, The Past Perfect tense requres the past participle, 'run'. But do you have a context in which the Past Perfect is the correct tense to use? Clive

  • Hi, The Past Perfect tense requres the past participle, 'run'.
  • But do you have a context in which the Past Perfect is the correct tense to use?
  • Clive
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Hi,

The Past Perfect tense requres the past participle, 'run'.

But do you have a context in which the Past Perfect is the correct tense to use?

Clive
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No, "just" needs present perfect tense.

I have just run down 9 flights of stairs (and I am exhausted).
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AnonymousI had just run down 9 nine flights of stairs.
Correct as shown.

CJ

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