Mar 13, 2015 · The same with in the night, if someone said that you would think of any time between the hours of 8pm and 6am, or thereabouts. However, at night generally means the …

Aug 22, 2020 · "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 …

Dec 9, 2010 · 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 …

Mar 27, 2020 · 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 …

"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 …

"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 …

Jan 21, 2013 · "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 …

Dec 29, 2016 · 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 …

Apr 4, 2011 · I think most contexts where you'd refer to "A good night's sleep" don't really admit of a plural in the first place, since the night in question is usually being contrasted (implicitly or …

Jan 20, 2020 · “Last Saturday”, not “the last”.... “You use last in expressions such as last Friday, last night, and last year to refer, for example,to the most recent Friday, night, or year. ——- I …