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Is it okay to use "woke up" instead of "woken up"?

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Rebecca

Remember that tenses and grammar need to be consistent. "You've woken up" is a contraction of "you have woken up" and is an example of the perfect form. "You have woke up" is grammatically incorrect as it combines both the perfect and past form, so only "you have/you've woken up" can be used here. Ex: I have woken up. Ex: He woke up. Ex: I have woken. Ex: He was awakened.

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