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Andreajgb Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What was wrong about it?

I had a disscussion with a friend today about the phrase "my dog woke me up with an annoying barking"

However, he couldn't explain what was wrong about it.

Any ideas?
  

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I don't think it's WRONG, but I would use BY instead of WITH and change the last part from a noun to a verb. "My dog woke me up by barking annoyingly".

  • I don't think it's WRONG, but I would use BY instead of WITH and change the last part from a noun to a verb.
  • "My dog woke me up by barking annoyingly".
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I don't think it's WRONG, but I would use BY instead of WITH and change the last part from a noun to a verb. "My dog woke me up by barking annoyingly".
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andreajgb"my dog woke me up with an annoying barking"
I think the suspect is " with an annoying barking". Barking is non-countable noun, so "a" incorret.

Woke up with a headache -ok

With your sentence, I think "by" is a better choice. I would reword it as follows: The annoying barking of my dog woke me up. Or I was awakened by the annoy
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Hi,

The article with An annoying barking is fine, because of the adjective.

It's an annoying barking as distinguished from eg a loud barking or a threatening barking.

Clive
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I don't think you will ever hear a native speaker say "my dog woke me up with an annoying barking" it just dosen't track. Instead you might try "with his/her annoying barking."
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And I don't think I would ever think to include the adjective or adverb at all:

My dog woke me up with his barking.-- This pretty much says it all.
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So it isn't wrong, but you just wouldn't say it?
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It is wrong, check Dimsum's reply.

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