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asleep - someone who is asleep is sleeping. |
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Looking at the asleep baby. ( wrong ) |
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Looking at the sleeping baby. ( right ) |
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sleeping - ( present participle of sleep ) |
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| Sleeping is adj that precedes a noun such as sleeping baby etc. While it is used after the verb to be, it is functioning as a verb. |
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Who is that sleeping man ? |
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Keep an eye on the sleeping baby. |
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Let sleeping dogs lie. |
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