word usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Looking for the term which may be applied to that phenomenon (or a physiological condition as it's called in the article I'm providing a link to), I came upon "jet lag", and now I'm trying to use it to …
A sly expression for a 'one day chance meeting'
I don't believe that's a standard way to use the idiom, but I'd regard it as an acceptable usage. I also don't think there's any problem with using "night," even if your prior meeting was a …
prepositions - Difference between In and During - English …
The sentence with during is the correct one; the other one is incorrect. The preposition during generally refers to a time interval in its entirety: in your example, the entire day (meaning …
Last two days/ In the last two days / For the last two days
Where referring to a period of time, you generally have to use a word that places the context: "during / in / over / for the last two days" During, and over are the most straightforward, merely …
Tomorrow evening OR evening tomorrow OR - English Language …
“In” only works with certain time expressions- like general times of day- “in the morning”, “in the daytime”, “in the afternoon”, “in the evening”. For whatever reason, “at night” is the usual …
A word to describe the period from midnight to six in the morning
Dec 8, 2017 · There's morning, noon, afternoon, evening and night. Night is the period of time between the late afternoon and going to bed Is there a word to describe the period between …
meaning in context - **at** New Year or **in** New Year - English ...
Aug 5, 2019 · Cambridge dictionary suggests that " New Year " is the same as " new year ". but the following examples suggests that they have different meaning: The building work will …
word combination: "weekday daytime" or "daytime weekdays"
Apr 24, 2021 · (1) I have a job during weekday daytime, not weeknights. (2) I have a job during "daytime weekdays", not weeknights. Which one is correct?
word usage - (weekday daytime) and (weekend daytime) - English …
Jun 2, 2021 · (1b) During the weekend daytime, Mary takes care of her children. (1c) On weekends, Mary takes care of her children during the daytime. (2b) During the weekday …
Are "night" and "nighttime" the same and "day" and "daytime" the …
Jun 22, 2021 · " In the day " and " during the day " are the same as " in/during the daytime ". They all say that something happens regularly during the time between dawn and sunset: