bear / to be borne

[puzzle]

The baby is going to be borne next week.

:?: Can "to be borne" be replaced by "to bear"? Please.

 

[5jj]

The baby is going to be born[STRIKE]e[/STRIKE] next week.

:?: Can "to be borne" be replaced by "to bear"? Please.

No. And there is no e on 'born' in this meaning of the word.

 

[puzzle]

Sorry.

 

[5jj]

Sorry.

Don''t apologise - you simply made a mistake, and a natural one.

It is a peculiarity of modern English that we largely restrict the active voice of 'bear' (become pregnant, carry and give birth to) to such sentences as 'As a result of the accident, she was unable to bear children'. Even this is rather formal; most of us would use 'have'.

In the sense of 'carry', 'suport the weight of', 'bear' (active) or, as 'be borne' (passive), is rather old-fashioned and/or formal.

In the sense of 'come into the world', we use only 'be born'.

I was born in 1946.

 

[puzzle]

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[BobK]

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In the sense of 'carry', 'support the weight of', 'bear' (active) or, as 'be borne' (passive), is rather old-fashioned and/or formal.

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:up: Also figurative: 'That sort of behaviour cannot be borne.'

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[birdeen's call]

In the sense of 'come into the world', we use only 'be born'.

I was born in 1946.

5jj is correct of course but note, puzzle, that it's

I have borne one daughter.

not

I have born one daughter.

In the active voice, we use "borne" even when we are talking about childbirth.

PS: Remember, however, that we'd usually say

I have given birth to one daughter.

nowadays.