Comments on: Wake Up, Little Suzy!

By: Kia

Kia — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:19:29 +0000

This site really helps me a lot in my profession as a writer.

By: acidspit

acidspit — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:03:41 +0000

Does the difference between — or having both forms — “wake” and “awake” have anything to do with reflexive verbs such as those found in Romance languages? Perhaps “awake” was used to refer to the act of waking up when referring to oneself doing the action, while the verb “wake” was reserved for describing the act as such done by others?

By: PreciseEdit

PreciseEdit — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:00:21 +0000

Completely off topic, but . . .

A manly effort?

Perhaps we need a future discussion on potentially sexist terms that most people understand but that are prone to complaint. I can’t seem to get my mind to remember all the P.C. flavors of the day.

Now, on topic . . .

You make a great point that some words are neither correct nor incorrect in a given context but are, instead, preferences.

Any ideas about why we have both “awake” and “wake”?

By: mmmhusaindeen

mmmhusaindeen — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:24:38 +0000

I am very happy to develop my writing skil, please help me.

By: Dottie

Dottie — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:52:25 +0000

I agree w/Michele re: “woke up” or “wake up” and this is a great post!
I still wish someone would respond to my query re: over-worked superlatives, i.e. “It was very wonderful” . . .