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- At Night or In the Night? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
1 The origin of "at night" to indicate a point of time and the usage of prepositions "in" and"at" In olden times, when the time expression "at night" was originated, night might have been thought as a point of time in the day because there wasn't any activity going on and people were sleeping that time unlike daytime
- Evening and night in English - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
How exactly are the words 'evening' and 'night' used in English? Are there certain times when evening, and when night, are considered to begin? Do these periods overlap?
- At night or In the night - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What can I say about a thing happened at night? Someone stole my phone at night OR Someone stole my phone in the night Which one is right to say?
- Usage of last evening - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I have heard my friend say yesterday evening or yesterday night I tell her it's last evening or last night While she may be correct in that it is the night of yesterday, why is it then called last
- meaning - How should midnight on. . . be interpreted? - English . . .
Friday night at midnight probably will always be interpreted as "Midnight in the night which follows Friday evening" Midnight tonight This means (to me) the midnight following today 11:59 PM Friday 12:01 AM Saturday These are totally unambiguous
- word usage - 1 oclock in the morning OR 1 oclock at night? - English . . .
Night means after I go to bed 1 o'clock in the morning means you've woken me up so knock off that damn racket 1 o'clock at night means I've have fun staying up late so stop complaining about the racket I'm making
- Is Night an acceptable informal variant of Good Night?
The spoken use of "night" as an informal, familiar version of "good night" (wishing one a restful sleep) is common, but I'm not sure what the proper written equivalent is - if there is one
- How do people greet each other when in different time zones?
I was puzzled by your question, then I worked out that you mean 'How do you greet a person who is in a different time zone from yours?' I suppose, if you know what time it is where they are, you use the greeting appropriate for them
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