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Brung vs. Brought

Brung

Incorrect past tense of bring, non-standard but colloquially used

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Brought

Past tense of 'bring', meaning to have taken or carried something to a place or person

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Ways to tell them apart:

etymology
  • Brought is the correct past tense of bring.
  • Brung is a non-standard or dialectal form that some people use mistakenly.
  • Remember that brought rhymes with thought, both being the past form of verbs.
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