“Jake is a good employee. That guy sure knows his …. There isn’t anything about how this place is ran that he doesn’t know about,” Marcie told Melissa.
“Jake is a good employee. That guy sure knows his onions. There isn’t anything about how this place is ran that he doesn’t know about,” Marcie told Melissa.
Correct answer: (a) onions
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I believe there is a grammatical error in this text-"about how this place is ran “.
Shouldn’t we say " this place is run’ ?
If it is actually a mistake, there is another one in question no.3 " things are ran”.
You are right. The past participle of the irregular verb “run” is “run”. The use of “ran” as a past participle would be marked as wrong in any reputable grammar test.
In the passive voice, the verb “run” should use a form of the verb “be” and the past participle (“run”). For example:
[i]- I know only too well how this place is run.
Three different simulations were run.[/i]
You would also use the past participle (“run”) to build the perfect tenses: - We have already run three different simulations.
The word “ran” is used for the simple past tense, active voice:
[i]- He ran the place with an iron hand.
We ran three different simulations.[/i]
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English Language Tests, Intermediate level