You probably did, and they do. This is an NEC approved method of adding a
ground to circuits which were installed before grounding outlets were used



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On Jun 23, 6:21 am, "RBM" rbm2(remove wrote:
You can run a ground wire from the outlets to the grounding bar in the
service panel.

I thought I saw a post on another electrical question that said all the
wires had to be in the same sheathing or something to that effect. But I
may be mis-remembering it, and I'm not an electrician.