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SheltieBites Posted 14 years ago
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Bear Out
http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2011/12/watching-north-korea
"Outside the consulate, a North Korean trader who refused to identify himself or his company said it was only appropriate in a time of mourning to suspend normal trading activities. But, he hastened to add, things would certainly return to normal. Dandong residents can only hope his prediction bears out. Until then, they can at least take consolation in a boom in the flower business."
Shouldn't "his prediction bears out" be "his prediction is/will be born(e) out", since "bear out", according to most dictionaries, is a transitive verb phrase?
"Outside the consulate, a North Korean trader who refused to identify himself or his company said it was only appropriate in a time of mourning to suspend normal trading activities. But, he hastened to add, things would certainly return to normal. Dandong residents can only hope his prediction bears out. Until then, they can at least take consolation in a boom in the flower business."
Shouldn't "his prediction bears out" be "his prediction is/will be born(e) out", since "bear out", according to most dictionaries, is a transitive verb phrase?
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Helloand Welcome, Bear out, borne out (born out) mean the same thing. com/borne+out John PS, nice puppy
- Helloand Welcome, Bear out, borne out (born out) mean the same thing.
- com/borne+out John PS, nice puppy
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Helloand Welcome,
Bear out, borne out (born out) mean the same thing.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/borne+out
John
PS, nice puppy
Bear out, borne out (born out) mean the same thing.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/borne+out
John
PS, nice puppy
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No, I wanted to ask about the intransitiveness of "bear out". It seems that "bear out" is used only according to the pattern "X bears out Y", where X prove Y to be right. So "His prediction bears out" seems weird.
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