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Why do people get bought and brought mixed up?

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Starllight · 30/01/2023 07:41

A Monday morning irk of mine… Surely people know the difference?

Bought - past tense of buy

Brought - past tense of bring

As a side note, where I now live in Scotland I have never come across anyone get this mixed up. Perhaps that’s why it irks me when I see it?!

YABU - They’re both very similar and easy to get them mixed up
YANBU - It looks/sounds completely ridiculous when people use ‘brought’ instead of bought

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MyDogStoodOnABee · 30/01/2023 07:46

Has and as.

Sandysandwich · 30/01/2023 07:45

They sound very similar and they mean similar things.
I could say I bought an apple or I brought an apple, either way I have an apple.
Pretty easy for someine to mix them up

Allblackeverythingalways · 30/01/2023 07:45

Educational standards.
No losers.

Devoutspoken · 30/01/2023 07:44

And your/you're

Dragonsandcats · 30/01/2023 07:43

I get what you mean as it isn’t hard to think brought=bring, but I distinctly remember having to teach myself as I got it confused, so I can understand the error.

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