Is it correct to say short sleeps?
T towcats1 Member Joined Jun 15, 2013 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Russian Home Country Russian Federation Current Location Russian Federation Dec 11, 2014 #1 Is it correct to say short sleeps?
Barb_D Moderator Staff member Joined Mar 12, 2007 Member Type Other Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Dec 11, 2014 #2 No. Do you mean "naps"?
T towcats1 Member Joined Jun 15, 2013 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Russian Home Country Russian Federation Current Location Russian Federation Dec 11, 2014 #3 Barb_D said: No. Do you mean "naps"? Click to expand... No. Is it correct to say to someone "sweet sleeps"? I don't mean "naps" but "sleeps".
Barb_D said: No. Do you mean "naps"? Click to expand... No. Is it correct to say to someone "sweet sleeps"? I don't mean "naps" but "sleeps".
bhaisahab Moderator Staff member Joined Apr 12, 2008 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location Ireland Dec 11, 2014 #4 I have never heard of somebody "sweet sleeping". I have no idea what it is supposed to mean.
T towcats1 Member Joined Jun 15, 2013 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Russian Home Country Russian Federation Current Location Russian Federation Dec 11, 2014 #5 bhaisahab said: I have never heard of somebody "sweet sleeping". I have no idea what it is supposed to mean. Click to expand... When you are sleeping like an infant.
bhaisahab said: I have never heard of somebody "sweet sleeping". I have no idea what it is supposed to mean. Click to expand... When you are sleeping like an infant.
Barb_D Moderator Staff member Joined Mar 12, 2007 Member Type Other Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Dec 11, 2014 #6 Waking up every three hours to cry and eat? Perhaps you mean sleeping soundly.
T Tarheel VIP Member Joined Jun 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Dec 11, 2014 #7 A line by a comic: "He slept like a baby. He woke up every hour and cried." ;-)
T towcats1 Member Joined Jun 15, 2013 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Russian Home Country Russian Federation Current Location Russian Federation Dec 13, 2014 #8 You are joking! I mean the suffix "s".
T Tarheel VIP Member Joined Jun 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Dec 13, 2014 #9 1. That is a joke (as should be clear). 2. The "s" is not a suffix. 3. A short sleep is a nap.
T towcats1 Member Joined Jun 15, 2013 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Russian Home Country Russian Federation Current Location Russian Federation Dec 16, 2014 #10 Tarheel said: 1. That is a joke (as should be clear). 2. The "s" is not a suffix. 3. A short sleep is a nap. Click to expand... How should I name the 's'? For the third-person singlar simple present verb? [h=3][/h]
Tarheel said: 1. That is a joke (as should be clear). 2. The "s" is not a suffix. 3. A short sleep is a nap. Click to expand... How should I name the 's'? For the third-person singlar simple present verb? [h=3][/h]
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Dec 16, 2014 #11 The "s" is just the third person singular present tense ending. That tense "takes an 's' at the end of regular verbs". You don't need to "name" the 's'.
The "s" is just the third person singular present tense ending. That tense "takes an 's' at the end of regular verbs". You don't need to "name" the 's'.