The now generally accepted use of the term WOKE in society bothers me as a linguist. I WOKE up this morning (verb, simple past tense), but I was not WOKEN by anyone (past participle), and I WAKE up each day in the same way (simple present tense). In WAKING (present participle), I am thereafter AWAKE (adjective).
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