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Lena Söderlund Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

am born

Do you ever say: "I am born"???
  

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Welcome to EF, LS! In theory, am born is possible but I cannot envisage a situation in which I could say it. I have a vague recollection of a movie or something called A S tar Is Born, which proves that the combination to be + born is possible in English.

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  • Welcome to EF, LS!
  • In theory, am born is possible but I cannot envisage a situation in which I could say it.
  • I have a vague recollection of a movie or something called A S tar Is Born, which proves that the combination to be + born is possible in English.
  • You can say a star is born every five minutes, for example.
  • Normally: I was born in East Virginia.
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Welcome to EF, LS!Emotion: smile In theory, am born is possible but I cannot envisage a situation in which I could say it. I have a vague r
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It's certainly grammatical; however, there aren't a great many situations in which it would be a natural thing to say.

I found only 3 examples in the BNC:

And if I have no chance before I am born, what chance do I have when I live my life?
This is because the Spirit is opposed to the fallen human nature I am born with (and do not lose after my incorpor
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Lena SöderlundDo you ever say: "I am born"???
No, I never say that. Emotion: smile

I might be asked
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This might be said hypothetically by a baby when it is born: "I am born!"

You also hear this in the stock phrase:

"I am born again." (Said in certain religious, spiritual, and drastically life-altering contexts.)
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CalifJimNo, I never say that.
I get 56 hits on Google for https://www.google.com/#q=%22I+am+born+and+raised+american%22&start=70 and 46 for
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ozzourtiI get 56 hits on Google for "I am born and raised American" and 46 for "I was born and raised American" Would you never use the former?
No!

CJ
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