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 …

"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 …

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 …

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 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 …

Sep 8, 2015 · '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 …

Here is an Ngram chart of the "the day is young" (blue line) and "the night is young" (red line) for the period 1800–2008: The chart indicates that the "day" version came into currency before …

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 …