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What is an appropriate greeting to use at night time? "Good night" as a greeting was once a feature found almost exclusively in Ireland In James Joyce's "The Dead", for example, it is used both as greeting: —O, Mr Conroy, said Lily to Gabriel when she opened the door for him, Miss Kate and Miss Julia thought you were never coming Good night, Mrs Conroy And as a farewell:
prepositions - At night or In the night - English Language Usage . . . "In the night" refers to a specific night - most native English speakers are likely to assume it happened during the most recent night, unless you tell them otherwise "At night" is more generic, and could refer to something that's happened, or will happen, on several occasions (see Weather Vane's comment)
Whats the difference between “by night” and “at night”? "The tiger hunts by night" sounds more dramatic than "The tiger hunts at night " Consider the title of the following film: They Drive by Night, which is a hyped-up way of presenting a movie about truck drivers who are trying to survive in their tough world Had the film been called "They Drive at Night" it would have sounded pretty ho-hum
single word requests - Precise names for parts of a day - English . . . "Good night" as noted by yourself means to have a good night's sleep, so "Good Evening" is used instead "Evening" lasts from after Afternoon(4 p m ) till after sunset, depending on where you live There is also "Dusk", which could be used for the time right after the sun goes beneath the horizon, and the sky is dim, but not dark
word usage - 1 oclock in the morning OR 1 oclock at night? - English . . . 'Night' is defined as: "The period of time between 'Evening' and 'Dawn' " People tend to get confused at the difference between the terms 'DAY' and 'DATE' If it is Monday and it becomes 2 a m , since the light of the sun is no longer visible in the sky then that is the 'Night-of-the-previous-day", so it is 'Monday-Night'
How do people greet each other when in different time zones? It has nothing to do with the dateline The relevance of that is whether someone else's time is ahead or behind yours, and, it is not necessarily as business meeting A younger person might call in the middle of the night so that a parent can talk in the day –
phrases - Good night or good evening? - English Language Usage . . . Even if you are meeting a person at 10 p m at night, the first time of the day, you can still greet him her with "Good morning" This means it's a positive, well wishing statement, that's all As somebody has pointed out already, when two people part company for the rest of the day, then "Good night" is the correct one (Any comment, please
meaning - How should midnight on. . . be interpreted? - English . . . The convention stems from the term itself Midnight comes from 'mid-night ' In conversation, the 'night' of which 'midnight' is in the middle, is considered the night of the date mentioned If you are referring to a deadline, this also will refer to the stroke of 12 after the evening of the same date Example: The paper is due by Friday at
meaning - Is the usage of “night and day” as “completely different . . . Google "like night and day" and you'll see the option for idiom completely different: On snooping disclosures, AT T and Internet companies are like night and day -pcworld Bar Sue and the London Plane Are Like Night and Day: Two Reviews -DC newspaper Interestingly, "like night and day" gave me hits for many of the dictionaries you listed
Is there a term for the period between midnight and sunrise? @Mitch On a related note, the OED entry for “small hours” gives “the early hours after midnight denoted by the small numbers, one, two, etc ” Interestingly, the 1st citation is from Charles Dickens in 1836: “He invited friends home, who used to come at ten o'clock, and begin to get happy about the small hours ”