{"id":4381,"date":"2023-01-26T18:27:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T18:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:31:09","slug":"borne-vs-born-whats-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/borne-vs-born-whats-the-difference","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Borne\u2019 vs. \u2018Born\u2019: What\u2019s the difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\"> If you\u2019re not sure when to use \u201cborne\u201d versus \u201cborn\u201d in a sentence, don\u2019t feel bad\u2014many people struggle with this, including native English speakers. Both \u201cborn\u201d and \u201cborne\u201d are past participles of the verb \u201cbear,\u201d so how are they different? Keep reading to sharpen your spelling and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/grammar-101\">grammar skills<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Where were you born? <\/p>\n<p>Have you heard of the new tick-borne virus? <\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not sure how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/what-is-a-homophone-2\">homophones<\/a> \u201cborn\u201d and \u201cborne\u201d vary in these sentences, you\u2019re about to find out. 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