"Being ran", "being runned" or something else? [closed]

verbs tenses word-choice grammaticality

The passive voice in English uses the past participle, not the simple past.

  • Sing-sang-sung. Song being sung.
  • Ring-rang-rung. Bell being rung.
  • Do-did-done. Deeds being done.
  • Speak-spoke-spoken. Word being spoken.
  • Break-broke-broken. Rules being broken.
  • Run-ran-run. Government being run.

(Your confusion probably stems from the fact that for many verbs, the past participle and the simple past are identical, as in make-made-made, play-played-played, etc.)


The missing word is run. The government will be prevented from being run properly.

Not that prevention will be necessary - it will fail to run properly all by itself. Governments always do.

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