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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
- 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?
- Whats the difference between “by night” and “at night”?
The expression by night is typically used to contrast someone's nighttime activities to their daytime activities, especially when the nighttime activities are unusual or unexpected
- word usage - 1 oclock in the morning OR 1 oclock at night? - English . . .
4 Morning means after I wake up 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 So yes they both mean 1 am The way we talk about time has a lot to do with how we feel about it
- On this night vs In this night - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In this night of wonder or On this night of wonder, which is correct? The full context is God from heav’nly splendour Comes to earth below; In On this night of wonder, The world is all aglow
- 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?
- 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?
- 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
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