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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
- 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
- word usage - 1 oclock in the morning OR 1 oclock at night? - English . . .
Do you think '2 o'clock in the morning' might somehow actually mean '2 o'clock in the afternoon', as that's the only alternative? I suppose I can see your point if someone says '11 o'clock at night' for 11pm, but again, unless you're above the arctic circle, the distinction with '11 o'clock in the morning', or any normal representation of 11am, is surely clear
- What is an appropriate greeting to use at night time?
“Good night” or “good evening”? I am in the process of creating a software application which displays a greeting to users based on the time of day I have come to a blank on what to display to the user when it is late at night 'Good night, [user's name]' just doesn't seem right So, what is an appropriate greeting to use at night time?
- 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?
- single word requests - Precise names for parts of a day - English . . .
night 21:00 23:59 supper Good evening mid-night 24:00 1:00 Good evening Most of it is correct, here are a few suggestions: "Good Evening" is used from 4 p m till even night "Good night" as noted by yourself means to have a good night's sleep, so "Good Evening" is used instead
- indirect speech - Last night = the previous night the night before . . .
It was a bright frosty morning The whole composition before him, when he stood where he had stood last night, was clearly discernible Is it possible for last night to mean the previous night in indirect speech (as opposed to the past one)? Secondly, is this a general deictic use of the adjective last in indirect clauses?
- 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
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