What is the difference between wake up and woke up

I stayed awake the whole night is fine. Or I kept waking up all night. Or I kept awakening all night. Thank you! Navy Chaplain, and Adjunct Professor of Religion. Jether L. Just a thought. Good one, Linda! Sounds a little contrived. Are there any others?? How about Awaken and smell the roses? Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

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To Comma or Not to Comma? Does Your Flamingo Flamenco? Examples: I woke the baby. I awoke the baby is also correct but not as common. He woke me up. He awoke me is also correct, but not as common. When used transitively, woke often is followed by up. Intransitive verb: An intransitive verb has no direct object. Examples: I wake up at 8 a. I awake at 8 a. He wakes at midnight to go to work. He awakes at midnight to go to work is also correct. Examples: I am awake now. Examples: He woke up early this morning.

I woke her up to get to work on time. He was woken up by his roommate. Examples: I was awakened by the music of the rain. I am awake after all that noise you were making.

Examples: I woke up this morning at 7am. I usually wake up at 7am. You would not say I wake up this morning at 7am. It doesn't sound natural. See a translation. One more question: I woke up this morning at 7 am and I couldn't went to sleep again. Does it sound natural? I would say: I woke up this morning at 7 am and I couldn't go or get back to seep again. Economic or economical?

Efficient or effective? Elder , eldest or older , oldest? End or finish? Especially or specially? Except or except for? Expect , hope or wait? Experience or experiment?

Fall or fall down? Far or a long way? Farther , farthest or further , furthest? Fast , quick or quickly? Fell or felt? Female or feminine ; male or masculine? Finally , at last , lastly or in the end?

First , firstly or at first? Fit or suit? Following or the following? For or since? Forget or leave? Full or filled? Fun or funny? Get or go? Grateful or thankful? Hear or listen to? High or tall? Historic or historical? House or home? How is …? If or when? If or whether? Ill or sick? Imply or infer? In the way or on the way? Late or lately? Lay or lie? Lend or borrow? Less or fewer? Look at , see or watch? Low or short? Man , mankind or people? Maybe or may be?

Maybe or perhaps? Nearest or next? Never or not … ever? Nice or sympathetic? No doubt or without doubt? No or not? Nowadays , these days or today? Open or opened? Opportunity or possibility? Opposite or in front of?

Other , others , the other or another? Out or out of? Permit or permission? Person , persons or people? Pick or pick up? Play or game? Politics , political , politician or policy? Price or prize? Principal or principle? Quiet or quite? Raise or rise? Remember or remind? Right or rightly?