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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Use of wake

Hi

I am aware that there are endless discussions on the past and past participle of the verb wake, but I request you to let me know if you as a native speaker find these natural (and completely okay)?

I waked up early today. (instead of woke up)
The sound of that offensive alarm waked my baby.

Thanks,

Tom

PS: After the accident, the road sunk in darkness.
  

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Mr. Tom I waked up early today. (instead of woke up)The sound of that offensive alarm waked my baby.

— Mister Micawber

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  • Tom I waked up early today.
  • (instead of woke up)The sound of that offensive alarm waked my baby.
  • I find them jarring; that's all I can say.
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Mr. TomI waked up early today. (instead of woke up)The sound of that offensive alarm waked my baby.
I find them jarring; that's all I can say.
Mr. TomAfter the accident, the road sunk in darkness.
I don't understand the connection.
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Thanks, MM.

Yes, it's difficult to understand my PS because half of it is mysteriously missing. Perhaps someone accidentally edited it?

I think the road sunk in darkness would be acceptable to speakers of AmE, but speakers of BrE would find the usage incorrect and insist that sank should be used.

Is the sentence acceptable to yo
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Mr. TomIs the sentence acceptable to you as a speaker of AmE?
No; I read it as an adjective, so the sentence didn't seem structurally correct.
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I found some information on sink sank sunk and sink sunk sunken here.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/sink

Usage

Historically, the past tense of sink has been both sank and sunk (the boat sank; the boat sunk) and the past participle has been b
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Mr. TomWould the sentence "The boat sunk last night" be considered non-standard these days?
Going by this—
Mr. Tom In modern English the past is generally sank
— yes.
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Mr. TomI waked up early today.
It's rare.

See

CJ
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