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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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bear
Hello,
I've seen two lists of irregular verbs, and I discovered that in one of them, the past participle of the verb 'bear' is 'borne', and in the other there are to entries for 'bear', one with 'borne', which is translated as "to carry", and the other with 'born', which is translated "to give birth". In a dictionary, I saw that both of the meanings' past participle is 'born'. In another dictionaries, both were written for both meanings. I'm confused: if both are correct, there wouldn't be two entried in the list. What should I learn from this? Can anyone shed some light on it?
Thanks,
Itay.
I've seen two lists of irregular verbs, and I discovered that in one of them, the past participle of the verb 'bear' is 'borne', and in the other there are to entries for 'bear', one with 'borne', which is translated as "to carry", and the other with 'born', which is translated "to give birth". In a dictionary, I saw that both of the meanings' past participle is 'born'. In another dictionaries, both were written for both meanings. I'm confused: if both are correct, there wouldn't be two entried in the list. What should I learn from this? Can anyone shed some light on it?
Thanks,
Itay.
Top answer
Memorize "bear-bore-borne" and understand that "born" is used as a kind of adjective. You should say "She has borne two sons" instead of "She has born two sons". But you should say "She was born in 1955" instead of "She was borne in 1955".
- Memorize "bear-bore-borne" and understand that "born" is used as a kind of adjective.
- You should say "She has borne two sons" instead of "She has born two sons".
- But you should say "She was born in 1955" instead of "She was borne in 1955".
- paco
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Memorize "bear-bore-borne" and understand that "born" is used as a kind of adjective.
You should say "She has borne two sons" instead of "She has born two sons".
But you should say "She was born in 1955" instead of "She was borne in 1955".
paco
You should say "She has borne two sons" instead of "She has born two sons".
But you should say "She was born in 1955" instead of "She was borne in 1955".
paco
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