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Messier42 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

I work up tired

I'm confused with this grammar.
I woke up tired.
I think tired is adjective , so there shoun have been adverbs.

Is this sentence correct?
Do you have any other expressions like that?
  

Top answer

The sentence is correct.

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The sentence is correct.
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Tired modifies I, not woke.
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I worked tired.
I played with my kid tired.
Do they make sense?
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messier42 I worked tired.I played with my kid tired.Do they make sense?
No.
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messier42I worked tired.I played with my kid tired.Do they make sense?
As tam said, no. However, these do: I got tired after working. OR I got tired after playing with my kid.

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Laborious messier42I worked tired.I played with my kid tired.Do they make sense?As tam said, no. However, these do: I got tired after working. OR I got tired after playing with my kid.
I prefer: I am tired after working.
I am tired after playing with my kids.
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tamguatlayI prefer: I am tired after working.I am tired after playing with my kids.
OK. But here you aren't specifically referring to the 'past'. You're speaking of the general conditions in the present. "I'm tired after working" OR "I'm tired after playing with my kids" could both mean that these are general truths / fac
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I got the point.

I have to replace "am" with "was" in both sentences.
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Thant you,,
I worked while feeling tired..
I played with my kids while feeling tired. I wanted this meaning..
Because It seems like I woke up tired mean that I woke up while feeling tired.
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I worked despite feeling tired.

I played with my kids despite being tired.
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