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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Run VS ran

If 'ran' is the past tense of 'run' then why is it that I hear 'run' being used instead of 'ran' in such sentences as:

'A dictatorship is a country which is run by a dictator'

should'nt 'ran' be used in the above sentence?
  

Top answer

I think they are actually using the Past participle of the verb RUN Present RUN Past RAN Past P. RUN just like when you say "the book is spoken by Meret" "the country is run by a dictator"

— Gabo864

  • I think they are actually using the Past participle of the verb RUN Present RUN Past RAN Past P.
  • RUN just like when you say "the book is spoken by Meret" "the country is run by a dictator"
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I think they are actually using the Past participle of the verb RUN

Present RUN
Past RAN
Past P. RUN

just like when you say "the book is spoken by Meret" "the country is run by a dictator"
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I thought participles are nouns or adjectives with 'ing' at their end like 'running'

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AH020387I thought participles are nouns or adjectives with 'ing' at their end like 'running'
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Ouch.
Those are gerunds and present participles. You'd better review past participles.

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No.

...Is run, not ...is ran.
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