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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts) Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:48 PM Feb 2019

Tom Harkin-IA, Tim Johnson-SD, and Jay Rockefeller-WV 2014 hypothetical.

IA- If Harkin-D had ran for re-election in 2014, would he have defeated Ernst-R?
SD- If Johnson-D had ran for re-election in 2014, would he have defeated Rounds-R?
WV- If Rockefeller-D had ran for re-election in 2014, would he have defeated Moore Capito-R?

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Tom Harkin-IA, Tim Johnson-SD, and Jay Rockefeller-WV 2014 hypothetical. (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Feb 2019 OP

Had run. NOT had ran. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #1

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,857 posts)

1. Had run. NOT had ran.

Reply to nkpolitics1212 (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:51 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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