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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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at night? in the night?
Hello. I'm an English learner from Japan. I wonder if someone help me the difference between at night and in the night.
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Hello. I'm an English learner from Japan. I wonder if someone can help me with the difference between ' at night ' and ' in the night ' .
- Hello.
- I'm an English learner from Japan.
- I wonder if someone can help me with the difference between ' at night ' and ' in the night ' .
- "in the night" is rarely used, "during the night" is more common than the previous one , but "at night" is by far the commonest.
- The three terms have the same meaning.
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Hello. I'm an English learner from Japan. I wonder if someone can help me with the difference between 'at night' and 'in the night'."in the night" is rarely used, "during the night" is more common than the previous one , but "at night" is by far the commonest. The three terms have the same meaning.
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There's a tendency for "at night" to have a contrast with the day:-
Moths come out at night
In the night, as well as that meaning too, also is used to mean in the particular night in question:-
He got up in the night to have a snack
But there's a lot of overlap, with each able to do both. I wonder if others can tease this one out better? perhaps it's just style. There's a
Moths come out at night
In the night, as well as that meaning too, also is used to mean in the particular night in question:-
He got up in the night to have a snack
But there's a lot of overlap, with each able to do both. I wonder if others can tease this one out better? perhaps it's just style. There's a
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Thank you for your reply!
Your sentences help me understand the meanings of the prepositons.
Your sentences help me understand the meanings of the prepositons.
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