2017年1月19日 · That source shows a preference for falling asleep over falling to sleep by about 100 to 1. Nevertheless, there's been a steady minority using the latter. From 1833: The convicts on going to rest ever talk of their pardons soon coming down, and fall to sleep offering each other bets regarding which of them will first obtain his liberty. From 1889:

2021年4月29日 · Which sentence below is grammatically correct? I didn't answer your questions because I had fallen asleep early last night. I didn't answer your questions because I fell asleep early last night. I'm leaning more toward the second sentence since the time was specified, and I don't see why the past perfect is needed.

2013年12月21日 · A quick Google search shows that the phrase seems to be in relatively common usage, but for some reason I find the construct very awkward. I would say "fall asleep" the first time, and then "fall ...

2015年10月15日 · We fall asleep, we fall in love, we fall sick, we fall silent. And looking in the OED, it used to be the case the we fell angry and fell mad. It seems that this use of fall was unexceptional, and fall asleep is one of the fixed phrases that use it …

2020年2月13日 · "Fall asleep" suggests it simply happened, perhaps unintentionally e.g. "Accidents are caused by people falling asleep whilst driving". However "to fall asleep" is also used where it was a simple and straightforward process e.g. "I …

2011年12月28日 · I know some people who can fall asleep pretty fast, but the term "fast asleep" doesn't seem to mean that. When I looked it up, all it showed was "someone sleeping tightly". How did fast come to be associated with sleeping?

One minor difference in meaning -- generally you only use asleep to mean actually unconscious. The word sleeping is sometimes used to refer to being in bed and going to sleep without concern for whether the person has actually fallen asleep yet.

2018年7月4日 · I am looking for a word to describe a person that can fall asleep 'as their head hits the pillow'. To add context: my wife falls asleep seconds after she decides that she wants to sleep. Not just in bed, but on the sofa, on the train - almost anywhere where there is a relatively comfortable place to sleep. Even on a moving escalator.

2015年9月14日 · My husband was sound asleep. According to Merriam Webster, the word "sound" in "sound asleep" is an adverb. What part of speech, then, is "asleep"? ("Asleep" can only be an adjective or adverb, an...

2013年4月6日 · Also, doze off, nod off and drift off, though the first two in particular imply that you weren't intending to fall asleep and likely didn't stay asleep very long.