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I waked him up........... Is it gramatically correct?
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vikral
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I waked him up........... Is it gramatically correct?
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Hi everybody!
Is it correct to say "I waked him up."? Can we use "waked", "waked" as past forms of "wake" instead of "woke", "woken"?
Thanks for your advice.
Regards from India
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6 May 2010
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mrlypy
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I am quite sure you can�t because to wake up woke up waken up is a regular verb and the -ed suffix applies only to regular verbs. so you should say I always wake him up, I woke him up, I have woken him up. |
6 May 2010
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mish.cz
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I think that the verb�wake is similar to fe. learn in its conjugation, i.e. it overlaps from irregular verbs to regular verbs and you can use both varieties: "woke" as well "waked". Though I �m not sure how frequent the second one is� |
6 May 2010
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kodora
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The form waked is American English.
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6 May 2010
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ELOJOLIE274
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i agree with kodora, waked is American English!!! same as learned!!!
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6 May 2010
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claudiahka
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Take a look at this website: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/waked+up
Everytime I �m in doubt about something my students write, I try to "google" the expression and believe me I get amazed with the possibilities. This verb was one of them.... |
6 May 2010
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libertybelle
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Kodora
I �m American and would never way I waked him!!
I woke him up is what we say.
But you can say I wake him every morning.
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7 May 2010
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agostine_
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Claudiahka, thank you for sending us the link - this website is really great!, and I �m also surprised, because like Libertybelle said, I �d never use �waked up �... Mish.cz was right! |
7 May 2010
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stuartallen77
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Never, ever, ever teach students "I waked him up"
Woke up (Stuart, UK)
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7 May 2010
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