http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzkh/post.htm#532226Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:22:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532226New2grammar0http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzkh/post.htm#532226http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532226.xmlGosh. They are really confusing. Thanks, MM.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzkg/post.htm#532225Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:15:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532225Mister Micawber1http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzkg/post.htm#532225http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532225.xml.<br />There are at least 5 verbs-- <span><strong>awake, awaken, wake, waken</strong>, and <strong>wake up</strong>-- all in a confused jumble.&nbsp; Here&#39;s what the Am Heritage Dictionary has to say about some of them:<br /><br /></span> The pairs <em>wake, waken</em> and <em>awake, awaken</em> have formed a bewildering array since the Middle English period. All four words have similar meanings, though there are some differences in use. Only <em>wake</em> is used in the sense “to be awake,” as in expressions like <em>waking</em> (not <em>wakening</em>) <em>and sleeping, every waking hour.</em> <em>Wake</em> is also more common than <em>waken</em> when used together with <em>up,</em> and <em>awake</em> and <em>awaken</em> never occur in this context: <em>She woke up</em> (rarely <em>wakened up;</em> never <em>awakened up </em>or<em> awoke up</em>). Some writers have suggested that <em>waken</em> should be used only transitively (as in <em>The alarm wakened him</em>) and <em>awaken</em> only intransitively (as in <em>He awakened at dawn</em>), but there is ample literary precedent for usages such as <em>He wakened early</em> and <em>They did not awaken her.</em> In figurative senses <em>awake</em> and <em>awaken</em> are more prevalent: <em>With the governor&#39;s defeat the party awoke to the strength of the opposition to its position on abortion. The scent of the gardenias awakened my memory of his unexpected appearance that afternoon years ago.</em><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzkc/post.htm#532221Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:59:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532221New2grammar2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzkc/post.htm#532221http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532221.xmlIt seems like awaken and wake are interchangable, am I right?<br /><br />Stop screaming. I don&#39;t want your screaming to wake/awaken the baby.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzjn/post.htm#532215Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:51:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532215Mister Micawber3http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzjn/post.htm#532215http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532215.xml.<br /><strong>Awake</strong>:&nbsp; Completely conscious; not in a state of sleep.<br /><br /><strong>Awaken</strong>:&nbsp; (cause to) become awake or conscious<br /><br /><strong>Awakened</strong>:&nbsp; past and pp of <em>awaken</em>.<br /><br /><strong>Wide awake</strong>:&nbsp; fully awake; with the eyes wide open.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzwx/post.htm#532199Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:36:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532199New2grammar4http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzwx/post.htm#532199http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532199.xmlWhat&#39;s the difference between awake, awaken and awakened?<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzwg/post.htm#532191Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:25:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532191Mister Micawber5http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzwg/post.htm#532191http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532191.xml.<br />You can&#39;t say it anywhere, as far as I can think.<br /><br /><em> Wide<strong> awake</strong>, I started to work on my assignment.</em><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzhg/post.htmWed, 25 Jun 2008 06:08:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:532174New2grammar6http://www.englishforums.com/English/WideAwaken/ggzhg/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-532174.xmlI had a bowl of warm noodles. Wide awaken, I started to work on my assignment.<br /><br />Can I say &quot;Wide awaken&quot; at the beginning of a sentence?<br />Thanks<div style="clear:both;"></div>