Grammar

We do sometimes say in the night. At night is possible, too, but at the night is not likely.

Owls hunt mice and other small animals in /during the night.

I go to sleep at night.

AlpheccaStarsOwls hunt mice and other small animals in /during the night.

I was thinking of From ghoulies and ghosties and long leggetty beasties, and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us.

AlpheccaStarsOwls hunt mice and other small animals in /during the night. I go to sleep at night.

Personally, I would just as likely say "Owls hunt at night". The way I see it, "at night" is used to talk about general nighttime behaviour or activity, whereas "in/during the night" can refer to a specific night, as in "There was a big disturbance in/during the n

Anonymous why cant we say in the night is it always at the night?

For me, not every preposition question has an answer. For the same reason, we don't say 'at the morning...', but 'n the morning'. One who is learning English needs to keep in mind that a good percentage of all the preposition usages are based on idiomatic collocation. The only way to get