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ran a report vs Run a report

Both 'ran a report' and 'run a report' are correct, but they are in different verb tenses. 'Ran a report' is past tense, while 'run a report' is present tense. The choice between them depends on the time frame you are referring to.

Explained by Vince
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Last updated: October 14, 2024 • 12547 views

ran a report

This phrase is correct when referring to the past tense.

Use 'ran a report' when you want to talk about the action of generating a report that has already been completed in the past.

Examples:

Yesterday, I ran a report on the sales data.
She ran a report on the project progress last week.

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6 days ago ... The satirical website Russiainyourface.com ran a report on March 1 headlined: “ Breaking: Nothing Happened In Moscow Yesterday.” Others […].
Templates contain pre-set criteria that you set when you ran a report. You can schedule these templates to automatically run reports on a daily, weekly, ...
For example, you can add text boxes that display the date and time that you ran a report. To open a report in Layout view, go to the Navigation Pane, right-click ...
Aug 14, 2015 ... Britain's Sunday Express ran a report on August 2 stating that British SAS ( Special Air Service) units in Syria have dressed in black and carried ...

Alternatives:

generated a report
produced a report
created a report
compiled a report
completed a report

Run a report

This phrase is correct when referring to the present tense.

Use 'run a report' when you want to talk about the action of generating a report in the present or future.

Examples:

I need to run a report on the inventory levels for next month.
Can you run a report on the website traffic for this week?

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We'll run a report on him accordingly.
I had IT run a report on Schenk's computer.
Delia, run me a report on Jonathan's cell-
We put your hit-and-run report out on the wire in order to track you down.
Well, ma'am, we put your hit-and-run report out on the wire in order to track you down.
And run incident reports on women who've been asked to leave businesses due to angry outbursts.
Let's run down reports of all stolen vehicles from the past 24 hours.
(cell phone ringing) Let's run down reports of all stolen vehicles from the past 24 hours.
And run incident reports on women who've been asked to leave businesses due to angry outbursts.
Let's run down reports of all stolen vehicles from the past 24 hours.
The owner instead told me to run an investigative report on herbal teas.
So, I had business affairs run her credit report.
I regret that both reports run the risk of not being taken seriously due to unrealistic goals.
We need to run down that homicide report.
- Their run sheets, office reports.
And when a kid runs away, someone reports him missing.
Run another 5k then report he manual training facility.
Those are the medical reports run on Daniel Keary after we took him in.
The owner instead told me to run an investigative report on herbal teas.
The third theme which runs through the reports is the need for conservation of stocks.

Alternatives:

generate a report
produce a report
create a report
compile a report
complete a report

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