Can I say " I dreamed you all the night."

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Can I say " I dreamed you all the night."

Is it possible to say? Is it grammatical correct?
 

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'I was dreaming about you all night.'

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I dreamed about you all night.
I dreamt (BrE) about you all night.
I was dreaming about you all night.
 

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Also, "I was dreaming of you all night".

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So, am I wrong on that sentence?
 

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Yes, your sentence was incorrect.
 

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Yes. You needed either "about" or "of" between "dreamed" and "you", and we don't say "all the night", we just say "all night".
 

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As we don't say 'all the day' but 'all day'.

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Hello teacher,
Can I say "You are my love in my life, I want to stay with you forever."?
 

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"You are my love in my life, I want to stay with you forever."
I think it is a comma splice, which should be replaced with a full stop or a semicolon.

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"You are the love of my life" sounds better.

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Which parts are wrong?
 

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See post 12 for the first part. Then separate that from the second part with a semicolon.
 

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You are the love of my life;I want to stay with you forever. ?
Correct?
 

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It would be correct if there were a space after the semicolon and no question mark at the end.
 

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Unnatural and makes little sense.
 
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