{"id":378,"date":"2008-10-27T08:54:27","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T22:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=378"},"modified":"2014-07-08T10:15:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T00:15:06","slug":"bought-or-brought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2008\/10\/bought-or-brought\/","title":{"rendered":"Bought or brought?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In speech it isn’t always clear whether someone says brought or bought, but I really hate seeing them written in the wrong context so here are definitions to help people get them right…<\/span><\/p>\n

bought:<\/span> to have purchased something. It is the past tense of the word buy<\/a>.
\nThey bought their car from a registered dealer<\/em><\/p>\n

brought:<\/span> to have carried or taken something\/someone with you. It is the past tense of the word\u00a0bring.
\nShe brought a friend with her to the conference.<\/em><\/p>\n

‘After you br<\/strong>ing something you’ve br<\/strong>ought it’ is a handy reminder of which is which as many people get confused over these two words.<\/p>\n

If you are not confident you are getting words like bought and brought in the correct places, get a second opinion before you make your writing public. Ask a friend to read your work for you (not just to catch a brought\/bought error) or get a professional to edit your work for you<\/strong><\/a>, especially if it is something important like your website content or product manual.<\/p>\n

\"Learn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In speech it isn’t always clear whether someone says brought or bought, but I really hate seeing them written in the wrong context so here are definitions to help people get them right… bought: to have purchased something. It is the past tense of the word buy. They bought their car from a registered dealer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[457,822,458,823,297,119],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-meanings","tag-bought","tag-bring","tag-brought","tag-buy","tag-definition","tag-meaning"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t