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Zany banana 409 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
'On' the night
Is 'on the/ that night' a common expression? I found it in the novel 'Animal Farm' probably twice or maybe more so. I can't be sure how and when to use 'on the/ that night'. I'm used to 'at night' / 'in the night'.
I guess, 'on' is referring to a particular past night.
Please clarify!
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zany banana 409 I guess, 'on' is referring to a particular past night. Yes. These refer to the particular night when old Major gave a speech.
- zany banana 409 I guess, 'on' is referring to a particular past night.
- Yes.
- These refer to the particular night when old Major gave a speech.
- These scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old Major first stirred them to rebellion.
- If she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of Major's speech.
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zany banana 409I guess, 'on' is referring to a particular past night.
Yes. These refer to the particular night when old Major gave a speech.
These scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old Major first stirred them to rebellion. If she herself had had any picture of the future, it ha
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