Why don't we snore when we are awake?

Why don't we ever snore while we are awake. Snoring is when your soft palate is so relaxed it falls down your throat when you breathe. If you're awake, you expend the minor effort to maintain it up--just the same road you don't fall down surrounded by a limp mass when you're awake, but would if suddenly shoved out of bed contained by your sleep.
my mother in directive does. shhhhuuuuttt ('',)