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Newguest Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Sleep/sleeping problems

sleep problems OR sleeping problems? Are both correct?

I have sleep/sleeping problems and need to do something about it.

  

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" This denotes you have problems with your sleep. " This is a little ambiguous. It looks as if "sleeping" is modifying problems; your problems are sleeping!

— Vsuresh

  • " This denotes you have problems with your sleep.
  • " This is a little ambiguous.
  • It looks as if "sleeping" is modifying problems; your problems are sleeping!
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"I have sleep problems..." This denotes you have problems with your sleep.

"I have sleeping problems.." This is a little ambiguous. It looks as if "sleeping" is modifying problems; your problems are sleeping!

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Hi

Both of those are good. You can also put the participle after:

- I have problems sleeping.

Dave

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Newguestsleeping problems?

I've got some problems to solve and they are waiting (for whatever reason) to be solved/decided on. I'd call such 'dormant' problems "sleeping" ones. I may sleep on those problems before I solve them/decide on them.

Far-fetched?

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