the car ran/passed near me

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Arctica1982

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Hello!

The car which has passed past me was a BMW.
The car which has run past me was a BMW.

I think both sentences are correct. What can you say about them?
 

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Neither.

The car which went past me was a BMW.

The car which was driven past me was a BMW.

There was no need to use the present perfect.
 

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Do the buses go to the Central Park.
Do the buses run to the Central Park.

Which of these two is grammatically correct ?
 

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Without the article before "Central Park" both are grammatical.
 

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They each need a question mark to be grammatical.
 

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Also correct is "The car which/that passed me was a BMW."
 

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Also correct is "The car which/that passed me was a BMW."

For me, this would work best if the speaker were in a car, riding bike,etc.
 

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I hadn't really considered that but I see your point. If I were in another car, then the BMW passed/went past me. However if I were on foot, I would say that the car went past me.

"Passing" can be taken to mean "overtaking" which really only refers to a car overtaking another car/lorry/motorbike.
 
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