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‘Where did you be born’ versus ‘Where were you born?’ There are dialects in which "Where did you be born?" would be an acceptable question; I suspect that they are Welsh or English West Midland predominently However they are not standard English of any sort and anyone saying it except as a joke would be in danger of being considered a poorly educated, and possibly stupid, yokel
grammaticality - Have been born vs. are born vs. were born . . . Both We have been born here to serve it and We were born here to serve it are grammatical The difference is one of tone and emphasis, and depends on the occasion on which each is used and on what has been said previously
When did you born? or When were you born? [closed] What I think you mean is that in English birth is passive So whilst we would say I was born on a London bus , in French they would say Je suis né sur un autobus de Londres which is active in exactly the same way as saying Je suis allé au cinema , meaning I went to the cinema
Why do they use are born instead of were born in this sentence? As it stands, without context, I'd say the tense is wrong; babies were born in the past However, if this is part of a report about, for example, a series of events over a period of time, it would be perfectly acceptable to use the present tense throughout Consider (with completely made-up statistics and events, of course):
When did you born? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange which if you wanted to translate to one of the two options you have, it would be "When were you given birth to?" Also, to answer this, one could say, "I was born on February 2nd, 1975 " Share
The place I was born vs. The place I was born in This is the place where I was born No need for in, for geography Let's say you were born in an ugly hospital building and you want to stress that: This is place I was born in [to be born inside a location] This is the family I was born into [to be born into a family] Unlike: I don't know where they are at The "at" is always non-standard
expressions - How may one properly use born by . . . ? - English . . . 1) I was born John Smith by Jane Doe and Dave Smith; 2) I was born John Smith by Jane Doe to Dave Smith – neither example is grammatically correct Correct possibilities: • I was BORN John Smith (meaning having certain qualities or characteristics from the time of your birth, in this case, the name John Smith), TO or OF Jane Doe and Dave Smith
word choice - When to use If I was vs. If I were? - English . . . In Modern English, the past tense is uniform for every person (I, you, he, we, you, they did) except for "to be" (I, he was, but you, we, you, they were), but it wasn't always that way Anyway, if I were you, I would learn it because it usually separates the intelligent from ignoramuses It's correct English even if it be a little old
grammar - Does from mean born and raised in? - English Language . . . In American English, it's context-dependent If you're currently in the place where you live, then where you're "from" is indeed usually where you were raised (you might have been born somewhere else) If you're on vacation, or traveling for some reason, then where you're "from" is where you currently live –
The difference between saying youre from somewhere, raised . . . This can be from innocence or ignorance but also as a racist slur: for instance, “go back to where you came from” might be said (or shouted) at a British American-born non-white person grew up: where you feel you experienced the main part of your childhood, before you were an adult (subjective age determined by anything between “when I