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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

was/am born and raised

Which would you use?

I'm born and raised in (place name), where I'm told everyone talks very strangely.
I was born and raised in (place name), where I'm told everyone talks very strangely.

And should there be a comma preceding "born", here?

'I'm all NY born and raised.'
  

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I'm born and raised in (place name), where I'm told everyone talks very strangely. I was born and raised in (place name), where I'm told everyone talks very strangely.

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I'm born and raised in (place name), where I'm told everyone talks very strangely.
I was born and raised in (place name), where I'm told everyone talks very strangely.
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I think the present tense has the same pragmatic meaning as "I am a Londoner/Kentuckian/Aussie, etc. through and through.", but I may be wrong.
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Hi

Speaking as the born and raised Londoner that I am, I have no problem with that present tense

(And past continuous is good too, if you prefer that)

Dave
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dave_anon(And past continuous is good too, if you prefer that)
How?
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Hi

I was born and raised in London. That means I'm born and raised in London

Dave
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dave_anonI was born and raised in London. That means I'm born and raised in London
You mentioned the past continuous.
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Hi

Well, I was born and raised in London, in the past, and that continues to be the case

Having said that, I might have been born in London, raised there for a while, but am now being raised in Manhatten

I'm sorry, you'll have to explain it

Dave
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dave_anonWell, I was born and raised in London, in the past, and that continues to be the case
There is no past continuous tense there.
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Fair enough

As a native speaker, I know perfectly well if something has happened in the past, continued over a period of time and has now ceased

You are entitled to speak in any way that you choose

Dave
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But past continuous is "was Xing" and since clearly "I was borning and was raising" is clearly not right, your comment about past continuous is likely to confuse learners.
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