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Marcoz Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Sleep or asleep

hi to all,

which one is correct semantically?

are u sleep?

are u asleep?

what differnces r there in 2 sentences.

tnx
  

Top answer

Sleep is either verb or non. Asleep is either adverb or adjective. Sleep: Verb-example: I slept well last night.

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  • Sleep is either verb or non.
  • Asleep is either adverb or adjective.
  • Sleep: Verb-example: I slept well last night.
  • noun-example: I had a good sleep last night.
  • Asleep Adverb-example: I fell asleep as soon as I went to bed.
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Sleep is either verb or non. Asleep is either adverb or adjective.

Sleep:
Verb-example:
I slept well last night.

noun-example:
I had a good sleep last night.

Asleep

Adverb-example:
I fell asleep as soon as I went to bed.

Adjective-example:

My foot is asleep.

Hope that has help
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Sleep is a Noun or Verb.

Asleep is an Adjective or Adverb.

-->I am sleeping = I am asleep

In terms of how we use them is that different grammatical rules are going to apply depending on whether we are using a Noun,Verb,Adjective or Adverb.

With your two sentences,i can say that both of them are fine,but i think the first one should be:''Are you
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"Are you asleep" and "are you sleeping" are synonymous.

Be aware that if the person is sleeping, of course, there will be no response until the person wakes up.
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