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Can I just say "bad sleep" instead of "bad night of sleep"? Is there any difference in nuance?

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Rebecca

You can use "a bad sleep" instead of "bad night of sleep" without changing the meaning of the sentence. "Night" would be implied here, so there isn't any big difference in nuance. Ex: I had a bad night's sleep. Ex: I had a bad sleep.

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