Timeline for If “I woke up at 10” is okay, what about “I slept at 10”?
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| Jul 7, 2015 at 20:14 | comment | added | ColleenV | I would probably not say "I work at 8, so I'm usually up by 7:30." I usually say "I start work at 8" or "I have to work at 8" so I agree with @DCShannon that it sounds odd. Maybe because sleeping and working are longer durations than eating or say, showering, but maybe it's because sleeping and working are more of a state than an activity. | |
| Jun 1, 2015 at 16:19 | comment | added | DoctorDestructo | @DCShannon The statement "I work at 8" might seem more familiar to you if you put it in the context of a sentence, such as "I can't stay out late because I work at 8 tomorrow", or "I work at 8, so I'm usually up by 7:30". Re. your other two points: 1) it makes little sense to call eating a "very short activity" since its duration varies, and there is no general rule by which we can make such judgements; 2) the statement "my show is on at 7" does not explicitly refer to the beginning of a process, any more than the other two examples I gave. | |
| May 29, 2015 at 21:08 | comment | added | DCShannon | Given the examples after your edit, I actually think "I work at 8" sounds odd, specifically because working is a long process, whereas shows come 'on' at a specific point in time (i.e that statement explicitly targets "the beginning of a process"), and eating is a very short activity. I would expect "I go to work at 8" or "I start work at 8". | |
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| Mar 20, 2015 at 23:35 | comment | added | DoctorDestructo | When most people hear the phrase "I ate at 10", I don't think they assume it was a quick meal. I think they assume the speaker was referring only to the time at which the meal began, whether it was a quick bite or 4 hour banquet. That's because it's a very common thing to talk about. People tend to know what time it is when they start a meal. They often do it on schedule. But it's almost impossible to schedule, or even be aware of, the specific time at which you start sleeping. In fact, it's such an unusual thing to talk about that I think it would sound strange no matter how you said it. | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 21:15 | comment | added | DCShannon | This answer makes it clearer than the others that the difference is related to the difference between an ongoing process and the start of that process. However, I don't think the explanation in the second paragraph makes sense. "I ate at 10" sounds better because eating doesn't take 8 hours. You can both start and finish at about 10. | |
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