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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Currently I have seen authors using the term "woken up". When I was in school that would have been considered incorrectt. The proper term then was "was awakened". Is woken up now considered correct?
  

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Woken up has been correct for hundreds of years. CB

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Woken up has been correct for hundreds of years.

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Anonymous Currently I have seen authors using the term "woken up". When I was in school that would have been considered incorrectt. The proper term then was "was awakened". Is woken up now considered correct?
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