Don't make noise,the baby is sleeping.Don't wake him up. Find the mistake

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Don't make noise,the baby is sleeping.Don't wake him up.
Find the mistake.
I could not find the mistake,but the book said :
Don't make noise,the baby is asleep .Don't wake him up.
is that correct?

 

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Both versions would be correct with corrected spacing.

Put a space after every comma and period (full stop).
Don't put a space before a colon or a period.

Incorrectly-spaced punctuation stands out as the work of someone with an incomplete command of English. It's worth a little practice to learn the right way to use it.
 

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Don't make a noise. The baby is sleeping. Don't wake him up.


Can't we say" make noise"?
Or you mean ;any little noise" by using "a"?
 

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Either don't make noise or don't make a noise works for me.
 

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'Don't make noise' doesn't work for me.

I'd say 'Don't make a/any noise'.
 

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Can't we say" make noise"?
Or you mean ;any little noise" by using "a"?

Note these corrections:

Can't we say "make noise"? Or do you mean "​any little noise" by using "a"?
 
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