IN A SENTENCE:

My best friend was BORN out of marriage and grew up in a place where malaria virus is BORNE and spread by mosquitoes.

DISCLAIMER: I am not an English Native Speaker nor an expert in English language. What I write here are all from experience and research. If you feel I am out of line or say the wrong things, please alert me in the comments. To this effect, I am not immuned to these confusing words myself and this series is as much as an education for me as to those who read these blog posts.

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BORNE VS. BORN

BORNE

... is a VERB in the past tense and past participle form of the word “bear”. It means “carried by” as depicted by the following photo. It could also mean “to produce” or “to bring about”.

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Example #1: Amidst the storm, the young chicks are BORNE by their mother to a safe place.
Example #2: My sacrifices and patience has finally BORNE (bear) fruit.

BORN

... is also a VERB and past participle of “bear” which means to “bring into existence” or “having to start a new life”.

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Example #1: I was BORN with a twin but I have never seen him since.
Example #2: “Born to be wild!”

FURTHER STUDY:
https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/19/born-borne/
http://www.differencebetween.net/language/words-language/difference-between-born-and-borne/
http://writingexplained.org/borne-vs-born-difference
http://www.gingersoftware.com/english-online/spelling-book/confusing-words/borne-born
http://www.grammarunderground.com/0073-born-of-or-borne-of.html

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