Waking up by rolling around my bed

0I think so. You have a compound subject, "waking", and "sounds," so you require a plural verb, "were." 02br
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00I would say, "in my bed." 02br
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00It's difficult to parse this sentence, if I use the term correctly. It would read better if both subjects were the same part of speech, or "parallel," as they say.02br
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0Waking up by rolling around01del00 my bed02del00 in my bed and the sounds of things around me shaking 01del00was02del00 were just confusing especially after a couple of drinks the night before.02br
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00Actually I tried to make the second subject parallel but failed. Any suggestions? I wouldn't want to change the first

0"and hearing things shaking around me"02br
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00"and hearing the sounds of things shaking around me" (note: I reversed the order of "things shaking around me.")02br
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00(also, need a comma after "confusing")02br
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00Are you sure "just" is the word you want? It seems to minimize the confusion rather than maximize it. Unless y

0I didn't know just had different meanings, excluding the fair meaning.02br
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00To be honest, I didn't know whether it intensified or deamplified when I used it. It just sounded right. I actually considered whether to use simply or just. I guess this is a completely different topic by itself. If you don't mind, could we solve it here.02br
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00The con

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01cite10New2grammar12cite10IThe context is about earthquake shaking the area.12blockquote

10Having lived through a couple, I got the drift. (There may be a pun there - you know, tectonic plates - drift ?) 02br
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00I'm still not quite sure what you want to convey. Is your point of view that

0 Is your point of view that waking up in a large earthquake would normally be terrifying, but since you were hung over, it was merely confusing? 02br
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00I think that would be the effect I want.0-

0In that case, I think "simply confusing" would be more effective.02br
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00(Actually, both "just" and "simply" can be used in an exclamatory way to intensify: "I thought the music was 01u00just awful / simply dreadful02u00 ! ! ")0-

0I must say 'simply' and 'just' are very confusing 05002br
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00I'll probably create another thread after some reseach on this topic.02br
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00Thanks a lot, Avangi.010id1

0You're going to think I'm nuts. I tried to edit that I thought "simply" was too wimpy, and you should stick with "just," but you beat me.0-

0HAHA. simply is wimpy? I've always thought it is more elegant and formal 05002br
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00I need to seriously do some research on this topic.010id6