"on the morning" vs. "in the morning"

Hi,

Is there any difference between "on the morning" and "in the morning"? The latter is much more common than the former. Here are some general comments.

"on the morning" You are thinking of the morning as a point in time. You need to identify when that morning is, what that point in time is. eg

He called me o

CliveI'll call you in the morning.

Best wishes, Clive

Interesting how "I'll see you on the morrow" became "I'll see you tomorrow".

CliveHe called me on the morning of July 17th.

I'll call him on Tuesday morning.

1) What happens when I modify the morning in the former example with an adjective, e.g. late? Something tells me I should change the preposition back to in:

He called me in the late morning of Jul

1) You have the wrong word order. At the moment, 'late' is modifying 'morning' and a morning itself can't be late, can it.

He called me late on the morning of July 17th.

2) He called me late in the morning. I think it was July 17th.

He called me late one morning. I think it was July 17th.

3. He called me at night. ok.

He called me on the night of

1) You have the wrong word order. At the moment, 'late' is modifying 'morning' and a morning itself can't be late, can it. Well, if morning is a period of time lasting, say, from 4:00AM to noon, then the period from, say, 10:00 to noun could be a late morning. My dictionary lists these examples: late evening, late 18th century.

True, you can have 'late morning' if you combine it with 'in the' but not 'on a'. 'In the' makes it clear that you are only talking about the latter part of the morning. 'On a' would mean the whole morning was in some way 'late'.

However, to say 'he called me in the late morning' sounds clumsy and native speakers would say 'he called me late in the morning'.

True, you can have 'late morning' if you combine it with 'in the' but not 'on a'. 'In the' makes it clear that you are only talking about the latter part of the morning. 'On a' would mean the whole morning was in some way 'late'. Agreed. My mistake - I should have used "on a cloudy morning" like in the night example.

However, to say 'he called me in the late m

<1) You have the wrong word order. At the moment, 'late' is modifying 'morning' and a morning itself can't be late, can it.>

It was a late morning in spring.

Ok also true. But the 'late in' applies to 'spring' not the morning.

I would mean a morning late in the season of spring.

~Not comparable to 'He called me in the late morning of July 17th.' If you want to interpret this in the same way you would have to assume that July 17th had several mornings, one of which was later than the others.

Sorry, Nona, but I disgagree. The expression is used and valid.

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