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Verbal Ability/Word-usage 14 / 50

Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate: run

A. The committee decided to run with the innovative proposal, despite some initial reservations.
B. Public sentiment against the new policy began to run high as details emerged.
C. After an hour of intense debate, the meeting finally run out of time, leaving several agenda items untouched.
D. It is often challenging for small enterprises to run a successful business in a highly competitive market.

The incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word "run" is in the third option: "After an hour of intense debate, the meeting finally run out of time, leaving several agenda items untouched."
Why it's wrong:
The sentence describes an action completed in the past, therefore requiring the simple past tense of the verb "to run". The correct simple past tense form of "run" is "ran", not "run". Although "run out of time" is a correct idiomatic expression, the verb form itself is grammatically incorrect for the given context.
Correct usage: "After an hour of intense debate, the meeting finally ran out of time, leaving several agenda items untouched."

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