Anonymous Can you say "we were there the night he came home" Yes. Anonymous do you have to say "we were there at the night he came home" if talking about time? No.
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AnonymousCan you say "we were there the night he came home"Yes.
Anonymousdo you have to say "we were there at the night he came home" if talking about time?No. "at" is wrong there. You can say "on the night", but just "the night", as you have it in your first example, is better.