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PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. Had run. NOT had ran.

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 09:51 PM

Feb 2019

You want to use the past participle of the verb to run.

Present tense: I run for office.

Past tense: I ran for office.

Past perfect: I had run for office.

I'm sorry, but these kinds of errors make me a bit crazy.

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