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    Vocab question and, like, whatever.

    Flummoxed.

    In this sentence:

    'We’d take the Eucalypt, 'Saligna', timber born out of the toughness of the harsh Australian outback and transplanted to the bountiful North Island of New Zealand.'

    Is it born or borne?
    I meant created, but carried is also right....?

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    The child was "born" (emerged into life). The mother had "borne" (past participle of bear) her near the "bourn" (rivulet, also spelled "bourne").
    So BORN looks like the winner.

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    Both fit don't they?

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    Isn't it "born in" or "borne from"?

    You could use both, but in this case it sounds like you want born.

    Hitcher?
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    If I understand this correctly you could use both

    "...born out of the toughness..."
    or
    "...borne of the toughness ..."

    FWIW - I prefer the latter. It's "cleaner" to read.
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    Born is right. But a slightly flowery sentence, unless somebody wants the readers to get a hard-on for Aussie lumber.
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    Gum trees are tough. These trees do well in the North Island of New Zealand.
    There....much better.
    Do you realise how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher View Post
    Born is right. But a slightly flowery sentence, unless somebody wants the readers to get a hard-on for Aussie lumber.
    The correct phrase is:....wants the readers to get wood for Aussie lumber.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher View Post
    But a slightly flowery sentence,

    Shuuut uuuup! In advertising copy? No!

    The paragraph concludes with: 'hard wood.'

    Serious.

    'Stock that has endured fierce drought and flooding rains for millennia, hard wood.'

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