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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

She generally works late into the night.

Hi

Could you please give me a rough idea of the time in the following sentences? Keeping in view that morning starts at 12, I suppose both sentences could mean the same thing. Or not?

She generally works late into the night.
She generally works late into the morning.


Thanks,

Tom
  

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She generally works late into the night. - Most people would think that she works late into the might and maybe sometimes doens't finish until the morning. She generally works late into the morning.

  • She generally works late into the night.
  • - Most people would think that she works late into the might and maybe sometimes doens't finish until the morning.
  • She generally works late into the morning.
  • This make it sound if she works until just before lunch.
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She generally works late into the night. - Most people would think that she works late into the might and maybe sometimes doens't finish until the morning.
She generally works late into the morning. This make it sound if she works until just before lunch.


I think you want "She generally works into the early hours of the morning."
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Another idiomatic expression is

She generally works into the wee hours (of the morning).
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Many thanks to all of you. One more question.

If my friends come to stay with me for a night and then we talk till 4 a.m. and then go to bed. What would be the most appropriate way to express this?

We talked till late into the morning.

We talked till late into the night.

We talked into the wee hours.

Should I use "till"?
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The 2nd and 3rd. 'Till' is fine, as is 'until'.

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