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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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bear / delivered / gave birth to a child (baby)
My aunt -----.
a) gave birth to a son
b) delivered a son
c) bore a son
What do English people say when they want to say their mother/aunt etc has had a new child? What is the natural wording?
a) gave birth to a son
b) delivered a son
c) bore a son
What do English people say when they want to say their mother/aunt etc has had a new child? What is the natural wording?
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had a boy. a is okay, but to me, it emphasizes the process of giving birth, not having a son. b sounds like she was the doctor who delivered the baby.
- had a boy.
- a is okay, but to me, it emphasizes the process of giving birth, not having a son.
- b sounds like she was the doctor who delivered the baby.
- c sounds almost Biblical and not at all natural.
- You will find things like "They were married and she bore him three sons" but mostly you will find that in older literature.
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...had a boy.
a is okay, but to me, it emphasizes the process of giving birth, not having a son.
b sounds like she was the doctor who delivered the baby.
c sounds almost Biblical and not at all natural. You will find things like "They were married and she bore him three sons" but mostly you will find that in older literature. I don't anyone who would speak that way today
a is okay, but to me, it emphasizes the process of giving birth, not having a son.
b sounds like she was the doctor who delivered the baby.
c sounds almost Biblical and not at all natural. You will find things like "They were married and she bore him three sons" but mostly you will find that in older literature. I don't anyone who would speak that way today
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