- the exact time of evening and night - English Language Learners . . .
I wonder what the exact times of the following words are: morning, noon, afternoon, evening, night, mid-night What's the difference between at night and in the night?
- word choice - On the evening Vs. In the evening - English Language . . .
The easiest way to explain, I guess, would be to compare in the evening -> time of day vs on the evenings -> date NB: there is no "s" in "in the evening", because it's a time frame not a series of dates
- time - 16:00 oclock afternoon or 16:00 oclock evening? - English . . .
Should I refer to 16:00 o'clock as afternoon or as evening? In winter, when the days are short, and it becomes dark already at this time already in many countries, and therefore it is not clear t
- What word do we use to mean evening breakfast?
Usually we use the word "breakfast" in the morning to mean to eat something, but what word do we use to mean "afternoon breakfast" and "evening breakfast"?
- “On Sunday evening” or “In the Sunday evening”
Sunday evening is a specific day If we were to use "the evening" on its own, it could refer to any evening, and is not therefore a specific day or date I really do wish I could tell you "why" we use on, but it would seem to be a rather arbitrary choice, with no particular logic to it More info here: In, at, on + Time or Date
- tomorrow morning vs. tomorrows morning - English Language Learners . . .
Tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening and tomorrow night they all refer to different periods of the day after “today” Whereas the possessive apostrophe is used in: a good night' s sleep (a good night of sleep) The possessive apostrophe replaces "of" and adds an "s" several good night s ' sleep (several good nights of sleep)
- in the morning could mean tomorrow morning, but what about in the . . .
The phrases "in the afternoon" and "in the evening" are similarly to the phrase "in the morning " It is possible to use them to refer to tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, and tomorrow morning respectively However, these phrases are dependent on context Using them in the wrong way or at the wrong time will cause confusion -- or at least sound odd I go into detail in the sections below
- Appropriate Time of Greeting Good Evening
To a large extent the start of 'evening' is a matter of opinion or convention The Oxford Dictionaries say that it 'usually' starts at 'about' 6 PM Note the lack of a definite rule Evening NOUN 1 The period of time at the end of the day, usually from about 6 p m to bedtime it was seven o'clock in the evening Evening (Lexico) Cambridge does not provide a time: the part of the day between
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