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Born vs. Borne
Born
/bɔːn/Examples:
My daughter Anne was born three months later.I was sixteen years old when you were born."And his child will be born with the same condition.
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Borne
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The plot twist was borne out of creative chaos.Their resilience was borne through countless trials.Innovation is often borne from necessity and challenge.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Born typically refers to the beginning of life, as in emerging into the world.
- Borne is often used in the context of carrying or supporting something, such as a burden.
- Remember that born is associated with birth, while borne is associated with bearing and carrying.
- Think of born as related to life processes, whereas borne relates to carrying responsibilities.
- Born and borne may sound the same, but they imply different actions or states.
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