Can we say that "you need a sleep"? [closed]
Someone told that to me, I want to know if its correct grammatically. Can we quantify sleep? Can we say a sleep? I think we should say "you need to sleep".
Sleep can be a countable noun, meaning 'a period of sleeping'.
[ C ] (countable)
a period of sleeping:
UK You must be tired after all that driving - why don't you have a little sleep?
He fell into a deep sleep.
You'll feel better after a good night's sleep.
[ C ] (countable)
informal a night's sleep, used especially when saying how far away in time something is:
It's only one more sleep till we go to Disneyland!
How many sleeps until I see you again, Daddy?
Sleep (Cambridge Dictionary)