Dec 17, 2019 · The verb forms for awake are irregular, but the most common choices are awake, awoke, and was awoken. The verb forms for awaken are regular: awakens, awakened, was awakened.

You could use its past participle, awoken or awakened (depending on who you ask), which would be grammatical, but using the adjective awake is more idiomatic. So, if you want a verb, you could use …

I have awoken/awakened early only twice this month. Awaken is a transitive verb requiring a direct object. It means “cause [someone or something] to become awake”. It is a regular verb: both the past …

Jan 8, 2022 · He woke up to find others gone. He awakened to find others gone. He awoke to find others gone. All of the sentences can be found grammatical in OED and they seem identical in …

Apr 20, 2019 · When the soldiers awoke, it was a bright day. Can I replace ‘awoke’ by ‘woke’ and why?

Nov 2, 2024 · Yeah, I doubt the "21rst century" would crop up much in fantasy novels. But 1st, 2nd, or 3rd might. As that chart shows, all those abbreviations were much more common a century or two …

Jan 2, 2017 · As it says here, except for such phrases as divide in half and divide in two, the preposition into is used because divide emphasizes separating, breaking up or cutting up a whole into sections …

Jan 10, 2016 · Pick one: It was I who salted the earth around your flower deck. -- (if you want to sound formal) It was me that/who salted the earth around your flower deck. -- (which sounds less formal) …

Jul 1, 2024 · At and on are two very different, distinct prepositions. "I'll be waiting on the lamp-post" is a lot more painful than waiting at the lamp-post. On is, well, above while at is beside. There's a very big …

Jul 19, 2020 · I've been googling to find the differences among the words: gathering, get-together, and meeting. I found meanings of the three words from Collins: A get-together is an informal meeting or …