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Aqua chalk Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Borne or born?

I was the 2nd borne or born?
  

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I usually just hear the adjective or noun 'first-born'. eg I am the first-born child in my family. eg I am the first-born in my family.

  • I usually just hear the adjective or noun 'first-born'.
  • eg I am the first-born child in my family.
  • eg I am the first-born in my family.
  • So, I'd say second-born .
  • We don't use the word 'borne' in this way.
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I usually just hear the adjective or noun 'first-born'.

eg I am the first-born child in my family.

eg I am the first-born in my family.

So, I'd say second-born.


We don't use the word 'borne' in this way.

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