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Apr 22, 2010 · England (aged 79) UK English. Sep 22, 2016. #10. You seem to be right about it being a literary expression. For examples, one can enter "startled awake" in Google Books. I would agree that he was startled awake sounds better (at least in BE). The OED gives some examples of startle as an intransitive verb, but I have never come across this use.
Jun 22, 2017 · Senior Member. Lebanese. Jun 22, 2017. #1. She stirred awake a little after noon and sat up, blinking in the sunlight, an old woman of a hundred and eight. She had slept wrong on her back and it was a pure misery to her. Source: The Stand by Stephen King. Context: They call her Mother Abaigail.
Dec 31, 2012 · 1. I wake up/waken/awake/awaken at 6 a.m. in the morning. 2. SHE wakes me up/ wakens/ awakes/ awakens me at 6 a.m. in the morning. 3. PRESENT PERFECT: I have been woke up/ wakened/ awoke/ awakened (the context doesn’t matter here) I know that AWAKE is mostly used as an adverb. And awake/awaken when used as verbs sound more elevated.
Jun 18, 2012 · Jun 25, 2013. #4. Egmont said: The verb "awake" has two past participle forms. I've been reading a lot of Edwardian (1900-20 approx) fiction recently and have been surprised to find that the past participle of awake was formerly awoke ("I have awoke"). I've come across it numerous times so it's definitely not a mistake.
May 11, 2018 · Spanish. May 11, 2018. #1. Hello, From The Girl On The Train: "Cathy came home and found me drinking. She wasn’t happy. What could I tell her? There was no way to explain it. I just said I was sorry and went upstairs to my room, like a teenager in a sulk. And then I lay awake, trying to sleep, waiting for Tom to call.
Sep 15, 2020 · The farm had a wooded area with a beautiful lake which interested the man, so he decided to buy it. "Awaken" is out of place here; this usually imagines that the interest was already there, but sleeping. A person cannot have an interest in something they never knew existed. "Make" is also out of place. It is relatively rare to use the verb ...
wake 与awake的区别：. 1、从词形变换来看：wake和awake的过去式和 过去分词 可以是规则的（waked, waked 和 awaked, awaked），也可以是不规则的（woke, woken 和 awoke, awoken），但在现代英语中通常只用其不规则变换形式。. 2、从是否连用副词up来看：wake通常可与up连用，而 ...
Aug 5, 2013 · English - Canada. Aug 5, 2013. #1. Bonjour ! Context: A wants to call B but it is not sure if B is still awake, it is very late. A sends an email to B to check before calling. English: Are you still awake?
Dec 9, 2010 · Dec 9, 2010. #2. The first two imply that you got yourself up. Usage varies on these words. Some people find one form odd, others find another form odd. As far as I know, they are both acceptable. The second two state that someone else woke you up/awakened you. For me, they would be "I have already been awakened" and "I have already been woken up".
Apr 18, 2016 · It was late at night, but Kevin lay awake in bed. He could not sleep because he was very scared. The problem is that most English speakers don't understand how to use "to lie (down)" and "to lay." This is one of the most common errors that native speakers make. Your sentence is completely correct, but many Americans would say "Kevin laid awake ...
