Answer: what is the proper use of 'awakenened' vs 'woke'?

[mab_browne]

theantipam asked: How do you use "woke" versus "awaken", specifically in the past tense? ("He had woken up in the middle of the night, hungry and cold." vs. "He had awakened in the middle of the night, hungry and cold

Comments

[snailbones]

That's so interesting, thank you. I'm fascinated that quite often the choice of a word in the English language comes down to how a thing feels or sounds - and it's probably different in the written form of the sentence than it would be in the spoken form. How on earth do any of us ever learn it? *g*

[mab_browne]

Total immersion, presumably. Thanks. :-)

[moon_raven2]

Great entry! I didn't quite know the answer to this one, either, so it was nice to have some clarification. :)

[mab_browne]

You're welcome. It was nice to clarify things in my own mind too. :-)