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Thein lwin Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Active to Passive

In an exercise given by a teacher, I noticed a sentence. The sentence is "My mother bore me in 1992".
Is the sentence correct in usage?Thanks in advance.
  

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It is technically correct English, but in practice it sounds odd.

— GPY

  • It is technically correct English, but in practice it sounds odd.
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It is technically correct English, but in practice it sounds odd.
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GPYIt is technically correct English, but in practice it sounds odd.
My mother bore me in the southern wild.(William Blake)
I'd like to know your opinion about this sentence.Thanks a lot.
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It's old-fashioned English.
Modern usage is eg I was born in 1992.
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thein lwinMy mother bore me in the southern wild.(William Blake)I'd like to know your opinion about this sentence.
The addition of "in the southern wild" makes it poetic, but there's nothing specifically wrong with the past tense of bear (bore). It is the correct form.

I owe everything to the mother who bore me.

CJ
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