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Cateran Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
"sleep" or "sleep"
What difference between "sleeping" and "sleep" when they are used as nouns?
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"Sleeping" is an action. " "Sleep" is a verb. " And, I think "sleeping" will be used as a noun, if I'm correct.
- "Sleeping" is an action.
- " "Sleep" is a verb.
- " And, I think "sleeping" will be used as a noun, if I'm correct.
- Not a grammar expert.
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"Sleeping" is an action. so, you say "I am sleeping."
"Sleep" is a verb. So, you say "May I sleep on the couch?"
And, I think "sleeping" will be used as a noun, if I'm correct. Not a grammar expert.
"Sleep" is a verb. So, you say "May I sleep on the couch?"
And, I think "sleeping" will be used as a noun, if I'm correct. Not a grammar expert.
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Hello Cateran
Your question is interesting but hard to answer. The noun "sleep" is a commonly used word. (EX-1) Most people need 8 hours' sleep a day. (EX-2) I didn't get much sleep last night. (EX-3) Do you talk in your sleep? (EX-4) Have a good sleep! "Sleeping" is a verb-derived or gerundive noun and it means an action of sleeping as the previous poster A
Your question is interesting but hard to answer. The noun "sleep" is a commonly used word. (EX-1) Most people need 8 hours' sleep a day. (EX-2) I didn't get much sleep last night. (EX-3) Do you talk in your sleep? (EX-4) Have a good sleep! "Sleeping" is a verb-derived or gerundive noun and it means an action of sleeping as the previous poster A
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Hello Paco2004,
"Most people need 8 hour's sleep a day". Here,is it proper to say..'hour's sleep'? Instead , shall we say 'Most people need eight hours of sleep a day".
"Most people need 8 hour's sleep a day". Here,is it proper to say..'hour's sleep'? Instead , shall we say 'Most people need eight hours of sleep a day".
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Hello Krish
I made a mistake. I should have written "8 hours' sleep". I'm not sure whether "eight hours of sleep" is wrong or not. But "eight hours' sleep" is idiomatic. Two hours' drive. Ten minutes' walk, two weeks' holiday, etc..
paco
I made a mistake. I should have written "8 hours' sleep". I'm not sure whether "eight hours of sleep" is wrong or not. But "eight hours' sleep" is idiomatic. Two hours' drive. Ten minutes' walk, two weeks' holiday, etc..
paco
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Thanks Paco2004.
Would you please explain the function and form of hours' in this sentence? Is it a possessive noun?
Would you please explain the function and form of hours' in this sentence? Is it a possessive noun?
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Hello Krish
Yes, you are right. Saxon possessives are usually used to express the possession by persons or animals. But somehow they are used also to modify a noun with a phrase connoting time or duration.
paco
Yes, you are right. Saxon possessives are usually used to express the possession by persons or animals. But somehow they are used also to modify a noun with a phrase connoting time or duration.
paco
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