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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

was / felt asleep

Can I say,

He was asleep.

He felt asleep.
  

Top answer

Vincent Teo He was asleep. Fine. He felt asleep.

— Avangi

  • Vincent Teo He was asleep.
  • Fine.
  • He felt asleep.
  • This gets a little technical.
  • Most of us don't know how we feel when we're asleep.
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10 Answers
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Vincent TeoHe was asleep. Fine.

He felt asleep. This gets a little technical. Most of us don't know how we feel when we're asleep. In fact we don't usually know we've been asleep until we wake up. Perhaps he was really asleep and only dreamed he woke up. I guess it's okay grammatically.

Did you possibly mean, "He fell asleep?"
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Hi,

He was asleep.

He felt fell asleep.

Yes. Do you know the difference?

Clive
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What are the differences between them? Thanks for kindly helping lots of time!
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Hi,
'He fell asleep' means 'He became asleep'.

eg He fell asleep at 11pm. He was asleep until 7am the next morning.

Clive
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How about this?

He was fast asleep.
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It doesn't sound right to me Vincent, just follow Clive and Avangi. They gave satisfactory answers to you.
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Hi,

'He was fast asleep' is like 'He was asleep'. 'Fast' here just means 'completely', ie he was sleeping deeply.

Clive
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Vincent TeoHe was fast asleep.
Hi,

It's correct and idiomatic, but it has a different meaning from "he fell asleep" and it's stronger than "he was asleep".
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Vincent TeoHe was fast asleep.
A special meaning of "fast," like "He was bound fast to the tree." - thoroughly.
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