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Akdom Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Stay awake nights
This is the quote:
"Do you just stay awake nights trying to think of new ways to embarrass me?"
Is it grammatically correct? Shouldn't there be an at before the nights? "Do you just stay awake at nights trying to think of..." ?
"Do you just stay awake nights trying to think of new ways to embarrass me?"
Is it grammatically correct? Shouldn't there be an at before the nights? "Do you just stay awake at nights trying to think of..." ?
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"stay awake nights" is a somewhat common expression. "at night" is correct; "at nights" is not.
- "stay awake nights" is a somewhat common expression.
- "at night" is correct; "at nights" is not.
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"stay awake nights" is a somewhat common expression.
"at night" is correct; "at nights" is not.
"at night" is correct; "at nights" is not.
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In my experience, "stay awake nights" (and similar) is primarily American English. As a British English speaker I would say "stay awake at night".
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