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Interesting and new to me, at least. There is no place I can see to give feedback. Perhaps the author reads HN? > how many children they have ever born Sure
by jimhefferon 4y ago
Interesting and new to me, at least.
There is no place I can see to give feedback. Perhaps the author reads HN?
> how many children they have ever born
Surely "borne"?
- ziddoap 4y agoIn regards to children, as in giving birth, "born" is correct. >Both born and borne are forms of bear. Born is commonly used with the sense of bear meaning "to give birth." Borne is used in reference to carrying something (physically or figuratively) [...] [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/borne-vs-born-difference-usage-spelling https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/borne-vs-born-...
- gweinberg 4y ago'and, occasionally, in the "give birth to" sense.' Odd choice of words to elide.
- zuminator 4y agoGP has a valid point. "Borne" is the customary construction for the active past participle. Look at the very last example in your own link. It's a subtle point, really just amounts to the fact that with "have" and "had," borne is the typical collocation, as contrasted with "have been" and "had been," where born is normally used.
- ev7 4y ago“Birthed” might be the correct version.
- smegsicle 4y agoidk if its 'more correct' but it seems to read more clearly
- ars 4y agoIn American English "born" means given birth to, while "borne" means physically carry something (possibly a child, but not necessarily).