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I fixed the grammar in the last paragraph. The writer had written, "My guess is that both OP and myself find ..." I change the pronoun to an appropriate objective.

I can't see any reason to dispute the grammaticality of fall back asleep, but two things that did (mildly) surprise me when I looked into usage patterns were:-

  1. It's almost as common as fall back to sleep (which version sounds far more natural to me).
  2. Both usages were relatively uncommon until just a few decades ago.

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(I see no evidence of any significant US/UK split in terms of either preference or prevalence.)


My guess is that both OP and I find the asleep version less acceptable because it doesn't fit the same pattern as go back to sleep (where go back asleep is virtually unknown).

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