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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Please Help me

I want to know which of these sentences is correct:
I'm used to wake up early every morning, or I'm used to waking up early every morning.
Please explain why.
Thanks a lot and best regards,
Dimah
  

Top answer

Sure thing. The phrase "used to", in this context, means "familiar with", so it expects to be followed by a noun. For instance, "I'm used to aeroplanes" would be the same usage.

— Rommie

  • Sure thing.
  • The phrase "used to", in this context, means "familiar with", so it expects to be followed by a noun.
  • For instance, "I'm used to aeroplanes" would be the same usage.
  • So, what follows it has to be a noun, or a noun phrase.
  • Of your two choices, "wake up" is a verb, and "waking up" is a noun - so "waking up" has to be correct.
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Sure thing. The phrase "used to", in this context, means "familiar with", so it expects to be followed by a noun. For instance, "I'm used to aeroplanes" would be the same usage. So, what follows it has to be a noun, or a noun phrase.

Of your two choices, "wake up" is a verb, and "waking up" is a noun - so "waking up" has to be correct. In fact, "waking up" is what's called a gerund
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Rommie, you've done a wonderful job as always. I appreciate it.

Guest,

If you, somehow, would like to maintain "wake up" as a verb in the sentence, just drop "am" after "I'.

Then, it reads, "I used to wake up early every morning." The meaning is almost the same as I would wake up early every morning, but it denotes a 'consistent habit' in the past.


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