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What's with this conjugation of "to wake"? English Majors!?

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?

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  • bizime
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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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.

    Source(s): 30+ years as English teacher
  • 1 decade ago

    why'd'you think an english major would know this?

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