The difference between “bought” and “brought”

The difference between“bought“y“Brought“

“bought“y“brought“they are easily confused because they sound so similar.

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• “Bought“ is the past tense of“to buy“. Por ejemplo:
  • I bought a new laptop.
• “Brought“ is the past tense of“bring“. Por ejemplo:
  • James brought the birthday cake to the restaurant this morning.

Bought

“Bought“is the simple past tense and the past participle of the verb“to buy“.

Example sentences with“bought“:

• I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring. (Comedian Mitch Hedberg) ✔️
  (Here,“bought“is in the simple past tense.)
• Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage – they have experienced pain and have bought jewelry. (Comedian Rita Rudner) ✔️
  (Here,“bought“is a past participle.)

Brought

“Brought“is the simple past tense and the past participle of the verb“bring“.

Example sentences with“brought“:

• I brought the film like a flower to the world. (Film director Claude Chabrol) ✔️
  (Here,“brought“is in the simple past tense.)
• Great things are done by a series of small things that have been brought together. (Artist Vincent Van Gogh) ✔️
  (Here,“brought“is a past participle.)

Remembering“Brought“

Let the r in“brought“remind you of“bring.“

Brought or Brung?

The past tense of“bring“es“brought“.“nose“does not exist. It’s a misspelling.“Brang“doesn’t exist either. It is also a spelling error. This mistake is understandable when you consider the similar-looking past forms of verbs:

verb	past tense	past participle
to ring	rang	rung
to sing	sang	sung
to bring	brang brought	brung brought

Common Terms with“Bought“and“Brought“

Terms with“bought“:

• bought a car
• bought as seen
• bought the farm
• bought the dummy

Terms with“brought“:

• brought a smile to my face
• brought a tear to my eye
• brought down
• brought forward
• brought into question
• brought it up
• brought to bear