Re: English question

Nik Taylor wrote:
> "He ran old" would make no sense to me.  I might after some thought
> figure out that "He, being old, ran" or something like that was meant.
I hear it as analogous to "the clock ran down" or "the water ran out."

Or (like one version of The Flash) "he aged himself by running."


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