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JKBelieve Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

in the night

'It is very late in the night, yet I am awake'

is this grammatically sound?

thanx ^^
  

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It's grammatical, but not completely idiomatic. late at night is the expression, and just late is usually enough anyway. And you might change the last clause a bit.

  • It's grammatical, but not completely idiomatic.
  • late at night is the expression, and just late is usually enough anyway.
  • And you might change the last clause a bit.
  • It's very late, but I'm still awake.
  • CJ
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It's grammatical, but not completely idiomatic.

late at night
is the expression, and just late is usually enough anyway. And you might change the last clause a bit.

It's very late, but I'm still awake.

CJ

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