Grammarly insists that when I use some form of the verb "wake" I follow it with "up." I yell at Grammarly and ask it, "Do you think there's a negation, that falling asleep would be waking down?"
Why is it that English speakers feel such a strong need to modify... everything? We can't just wake, we must wake up. We can't just lie, we must lie down. We can't just see a flock, we must see a whole flock. What, pray tell, is the number that is a whole flock? Is it 50? Is it 79? Is it 17^3? Does the size of the sheep or the birds or the whatever affect what is considered whole when referring to a flock of whatever subject? That is, is a whole flock of sheep 25, but a whole flock of sparrows 286?
And, then, there's "unique." I've seen constructions such as "very unique," "wholly unique," and "incredibly unique." What is it about "one of a kind" that requires us to modify the adjective "unique" when it's unmodifiable? At least, it is that so as long as there's not something like "one-half of a kind."