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The passive voice is a grammatical construction (a "voice") in which the subject of a sentence or clause denotes the recipient of the action (the patient) rather than the performer (the agent).
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“born by her” vs “borne by her”
Your first sentence "Two of the children borne by her were sent to the orphanage" does not make sense, as the word borne is referred to meaning "as meaning carried, sustained, or endured".
The secon …
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