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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Someone woke me up

Crying baby woke me up yesterday morning.
how can I say it in another way
is it like "I had been woken up..." or .. "I was woken up.." or sth else..
  

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A crying baby woke me up ... All of the following are possible, with the same meaning: I was woken (up) by a crying baby ... I was waked (up) by ...

  • A crying baby woke me up ...
  • All of the following are possible, with the same meaning: I was woken (up) by a crying baby ...
  • I was waked (up) by ...
  • I was wakened (up) by ...
  • I was awoken by ...
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A crying baby woke me up ...

All of the following are possible, with the same meaning:

I was woken (up) by a crying baby ...
I was waked (up) by ...
I was wakened (up) by ...

I was awoken by ...
I was awaked by ...
I was awakened by ...

The underlined forms are those preferred by Random House Dictionary (American).

CJ

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