I hear all sorts of strange usages lately, even by journalists.
I was taught that use of the words "woken" and "woked" was incorrect, but that "awakened", and "awake," was proper.
What's the deal? English majors?
bizime
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Present Simple Present Continuous
I wake I am waking
You wake You are waking
He, She, It wakes He, She, It is waking
We wake We are waking
You (all) wake You (all) are waking
They wake They are waking
Past Simple Past Continuous
I woke I was waking
You woke You were waking
He, She, It woke He, She, It was waking
We woke We were waking
You (all) woke You (all) were waking
They woke They were waking
Future Simple Future Continuous
I will wake I will be waking
You will wake You will be waking
He, She, It will wake He, She, It will be waking
will wake will be waking
You (all) will wake You (all) will be waking
They will wake They will be waking
Future with 'Going to' Present Perfect Simple
I am going to wake I have woken
You are going to wake You have woken
He, She, It is going to wake He, She, It has woken
We are going to wake We have woken
You (all) are going to wake You (all) have woken
They are going to wake They have woken
Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Simple
I have been waking I had woken
You have been waking You had woken
He, She, It has been waking He, She, It had woken
We have been waking We had woken
You (all) have been waking You (all) had woken
They have been waking They had woken
Past Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Simple
I had been waking I will have woken
You had been waking You will have woken
He, She, It had been waking He, She, It will have woken
We had been waking We will have woken
You (all) had been waking You (all) will have woken
They had been waking They will have woken
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been waking
You will have been waking
He, She, It will have been waking
We will have been waking
You (all) will have been waking
They will have been waking
Awake is actually a related, but different verb.
time to move to google
why'd'you think an english major would know this?