- 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
- “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
- 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
- the exact time of evening and night [closed]
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?
- 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)
- It was in the evening when we arrived. - Why is it wrong? - Cleft . . .
It's the preposition in that makes the difference here Note that normally, if in is omitted, the would be as well, but that's just a stylistic choice It was evening WHEN we arrived is fine, whereas It was evening THAT we arrived is completely unacceptable I think this difference is because in the evening references a span of time, whereas plain evening effectively represents a "single" time
- Good Evening vs Good Night - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Normally, you would say good evening when you greet someone at night, and good night when you leave them at night Good evening is also used as a dismissal
- Appropriate Time of Greeting Good Evening
I know when the evening is and when they say it usually But in the movie the Awakening (2011) the teacher and classroom students say each other 'good evening' typically in the bright afternoon cla
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