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- 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?
- 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?
- single word requests - Precise names for parts of a day - English . . .
The set of words that refers to the sky is: dawn (sky is getting light), sunrise (exactly when the sun is first visible), day or daytime (between sunrise and sunset), sunset (exactly when the sun is last visible), dusk (sky is getting dark), night or nighttime (sky is dark)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- phrases - Good night or good evening? - English Language Usage . . .
If it's 7:30pm, which of these phrases is correct, Good night or Good evening?
- 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
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