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The noise of the traffic prevented me from _____ to sleep. A. going B. falling Note: I’d say “falling asleep.” Is the answer B?
2013년 5월 13일 오전 7:44
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I would say "A," going to sleep. I hesitate to recommend B because at least in the United States, we do not generally say "falling to sleep." We definitely do say "falling asleep." There may be a minority of speakers who say "fall to sleep," as evidenced by the following hits doing a Google search: Google (UK pages) gives: "fall to sleep" : 837 "fall asleep" : 102,000 "go to sleep" : 103,000
2013년 5월 13일
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Hi, both words can fit into the gap :) Your right, if you use 'falling',then it will be 'falling asleep'. So: The noise of the traffic prevented me from going to sleep. The noise of the traffic prevented me from falling sleep.
2013년 5월 13일
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