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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Last morning
He came to see me last morning.
He came to see me yesterday morning.
according to my textbook the first sentence is wrong too, we can say last night, why can't we say last morning?
is it because it's not idomatic to say last morning?
thanks
He came to see me yesterday morning.
according to my textbook the first sentence is wrong too, we can say last night, why can't we say last morning?
is it because it's not idomatic to say last morning?
thanks
Top answer
Yes, I am afraid that the only explanation is 'idiom'. 'Night' is for some historical reason treated differently: Last night, yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon. At night, in the morning, in the afternoon.
- Yes, I am afraid that the only explanation is 'idiom'.
- 'Night' is for some historical reason treated differently: Last night, yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon.
- At night, in the morning, in the afternoon.
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Yes, I am afraid that the only explanation is 'idiom'. 'Night' is for some historical reason treated differently:
Last night, yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon.
At night, in the morning, in the afternoon.
Yes, I am afraid that the only explanation is 'idiom'. 'Night' is for some historical reason treated differently:
Last night, yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon.
At night, in the morning, in the afternoon.
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Vctory Ongis it because it's not idomatic to say last morning?
Yes, that's right. If you're talking about the morning of the same day (whether during or after the morning) then you say "this morning". If you're talking about yesterday morning then you say, erm, "yesterday morning". There's no very logical reason that I can think of why "last morning" shou
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