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I awake my children. vs I wake my children up.

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I wake my children up.' is the more common and natural way to express the action of rousing someone from sleep. 'I awake my children.' is grammatically correct but less commonly used in everyday language.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 2871 views

I awake my children.

This phrase is grammatically correct but less commonly used in everyday language.

This phrase means that you are causing your children to wake up or come to a state of wakefulness.
  • Not while the children are awake.
  • My immunity extends to my children.
  • The apartment for myself and my children.
  • You think I abandoned my children.
  • Like I love all my children.
  • I felt responsible for losing my children.
  • It endangers my family, my children.
  • It endangers my family, my children.
  • Your Honor, my entire life is devoted to my children.
  • What I am worried about is spoiling my children.
  • Daniel is going to be my husband and the father of my children.
  • You looked ready to have my children.
  • There is another, my children.
  • Individual members, our financial security, and now, my children.
  • They were subjects, not my children .
  • I want him to know my children.
  • That's a virtue I instilled in my children.
  • Spread the good news, my children.
  • Erica Kane did that to Dimitri Marick on All My Children.
  • You have also lost your right to keep me from my children.

Alternatives:

  • I wake my children up.
  • I rouse my children from sleep.
  • I awaken my children.
  • I get my children up.
  • I get my children out of bed.

I wake my children up.

This phrase is the more common and natural way to express the action of rousing someone from sleep.

This phrase means that you are causing your children to wake up or come to a state of wakefulness.
  • Quiet, you'll wake up the children.
  • That's when I wake up.
  • I'll rouse everyone when I wake up.
  • I have trouble remembering it when I wake up.
  • I always have to go when I wake up.
  • They said I could go home 45 minutes after I wake up.
  • He'll be home when I wake up.
  • I hope I remember the trick when I wake up.
  • People say I chained my children up, but it's not true.
  • I just want the room to smell like waffles when I wake up.
  • And I want to smell coffee when I wake up.
  • So it's 6 PM in the night time which is when I wake up.
  • And... before I can open the door, though, I wake up.
  • I wake up. I'm in my room.
  • I'll miss you when I wake up.
  • But I never get anywhere because the moment the doors shut that's when I wake up.
  • None. It's like this when I wake up.
  • I feel relieved... whenever I wake up.
  • No, Hugh needs his rest when he's doing a play, and I wake up early, so that wakes him up.
  • Someone tell Charlotte I'll give her a big hug when I wake up.

Alternatives:

  • I awake my children.
  • I rouse my children from sleep.
  • I awaken my children.
  • I get my children up.
  • I get my children out of bed.

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