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I knew 'ran' didn't look right in that context and after a quick search as to why (and to make sure I didn't look a fool!) now I know. The passive voice in English uses the past participle, not the simple past. In other words 'the company run by an idiot'. But even though that's grammatically correct, it is ambiguous because it's the same sentence whether he's still there or not so I'd say 'the company that used to be run by an idiot'. Ah, thank you. :-) Yes, I know that the passive voice uses the past participle. So: 'run' in either case (past or present), as 'ran' is simple past. Probably some Americanism or straight-out Norwenglish I'll have to forget. I've been working with several born-and-bred Brits in the past, though, that would just use the simple past and skip the auxiliary verb. (Edit - damn Norwegian spellchecker on the Galaxy wreaking havoc)

Ok. Definitely way off topic, then. Ask a silly question...

Did anyone watch that bbc thing about Iceland a company ran by an Idiot . runned by an idiot, idiot Huh? Possibly way OT - but as English isn't my first language, please bear with me - I'd love to better my English... Now, I may be the idiot here, but surely this is passive voice? I would say "a company run by an idiot" (he is still running it to this day) or "a company ran by an idiot" (he was, but thankfully, he's been fired). Am I wrong?

Possibly. Then again, so can we.

Brand new ThinkTank photobag suddenly staring at me...

And another shot taken on the same day.... late July, Lofoten Islands, Norway.

Nikon D5100 / Nikon 70-300 VR f/4.5-5.6G

cup tied.

You could also extrapolate this to include a fourth category - the unknown knowns - which is to say things we don't know that we know - or, as some have preferred to explain it: things we refuse to acknowledge that we know... the latter also relevant for football fans (in general), I believe :-)

Not that surprising, I'd say. Remember the Oklahoma City bombings in '95. We Norwegians surely have our fair share of lunatics, too. Personally, I began to wonder when the reports about the Utøya shootings came in - a political youth gathering would hardly be a target for international terror groups. The police link the guy they've apprehended with both the Utøya shootings and the Oslo bombing. Seven confirmed dead in Oslo, ten confirmed dead at Utøya, police say the death count will rise. Undetonated explosives found at Utøya.

Having spent most of the afternoon and the evening on the phone, making sure that friends and family back home in Oslo are ok after an explosion that destroyed windows in a 1000 m radius, I must say I fail to see the humour. At another time, I certainly would agree to your criticism of the architecture, but there's a time and a place for everything.