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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

rephrase

Every morning I am waken up by the sun shining though the window in my room.

This sentence is not natural to me. Could you help me rephrase it and retain the meaning?

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It sounds all right to me, except for "waken up". I'd use this: Every morning I am awakened by the sun shining th r ough the window in my room. CJ

— CalifJim

  • It sounds all right to me, except for "waken up".
  • I'd use this: Every morning I am awakened by the sun shining th r ough the window in my room.
  • CJ
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It sounds all right to me, except for "waken up". I'd use this:

Every morning I am awakened by the sun shining through the window in my room.

CJ
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Hi,

In everyday speech, I'd say

Every morning I am wakened up by the sun shining though the window in my room.

Best wishes, Clive
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I would phrase this "Every morning I am woken by the sun..."
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Yes, but those are two verbs. "I am woken" would be the passive of the verb "wake" and "I am wakened" is the passive of "waken".
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LoojkaYes, but those are two verbs. "I am woken" would be the passive of the verb "wake" and "I am wakened" is the passive of "waken".
These are all parts of the same verb "to wake".
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Actually, there are four separate verbs. I checked various dictionaries and websites. I summarize my findings below.

wake, woke1, waked2/woken/woke3
awake, awoke1, awaked2/awoken/awoke3
waken, wakened, wakened [regular]
awaken, awakened, awakened [regular]

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But at the beginning of the day, are they not all the same?
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Thank you all. I never knew there were so many similar words with the same meaning as 'to wake'
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Feebs11I would phrase this "Every morning I am woken by the sun..."


In typical American English, if I said “ I was awakened by....” usually mean “my being sound asleep was disrupted”; as in “we were awakened by a loud bang in the kitchen last night…”. It’s my first time seeing “woken”.


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