
word choice - On the evening Vs. In the evening - English Language ...
Dec 6, 2016 · The easiest way to explain, I guess, would be to compare in the evening -> time of day vs on the evenings -> date. NB: there is no "s" in "in the evening", because it's a time frame not a series …
the exact time of "evening" and "night" [closed]
I wonder what the exact times of the following words are: morning, noon, afternoon, evening, night, mid-night. What's the difference between at night and in the night?
Appropriate Time of Greeting 'Good Evening'
Jul 11, 2021 · I know when the evening is and when they say it usually. But in the movie the Awakening (2011) the teacher and classroom students say each other 'good evening' typically in the bright …
time - 16:00 o'clock afternoon or 16:00 o'clock evening? - English ...
Dec 25, 2017 · Should I refer to 16:00 o'clock as afternoon or as evening? In winter, when the days are short, and it becomes dark already at this time already in many countries, and therefore it is not clear t...
Good Evening vs Good Night - English Language Learners Stack …
Use "good evening". While it is the end of the work day, there are still things to do (drive home, eat dinner, watch TV, take a bath, ???) before going to sleep. "good night" is better when you are done …
“On Sunday evening” or “In the Sunday evening”
Here, in the last sentence, I used IN Sunday evening, as we do with “On school vocation”; ON related to vocation, not school. So here IN related to evening, not Sunday.
What word do we use to mean "evening breakfast"?
Mar 20, 2022 · Usually we use the word "breakfast" in the morning to mean to eat something, but what word do we use to mean "afternoon breakfast" and "evening breakfast"?
Why is 'what will you do tomorrow evening' incorrect?
What will you do tomorrow evening instead? The difference between " What will you do tomorrow? " and " What are you doing tomorrow? " is not a question of grammaticality - both are grammatical - or …
"It was in the evening when we arrived." - Why is it wrong? - Cleft ...
Mar 10, 2025 · It's the preposition in that makes the difference here. Note that normally, if in is omitted, the would be as well, but that's just a stylistic choice. It was evening WHEN we arrived is fine, …
greetings - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Sep 18, 2020 · Good morning, Good afternoon, and Good evening (and Good day, but outside of Australian English that one's falling out of favour) can all be used as initial greeting OR leave-taking.