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Qingqing Posted 20 years ago
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the day before yesterday in the morning?
"this morning-yesterday morningthe day before yesterday in the morning" / the night before last Right?
How to express the previous morning or evening? What about "in the morning before yesterday"? And how to express a morning after tomorrow?
Look at this sentence, "She was too tired to do nothing the evening before". If it happened in the evening before yesterday(if we can say so), is it right?
Thanks.
How to express the previous morning or evening? What about "in the morning before yesterday"? And how to express a morning after tomorrow?
Look at this sentence, "She was too tired to do nothing the evening before". If it happened in the evening before yesterday(if we can say so), is it right?
Thanks.
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I'm not really sure of your question, but: Today is Thursday. This morning = Thursday morning. Yesterday morning = Wednesday morning The day before yesterday in the morning = in the morning two days ago = Tuesday morning.
- I'm not really sure of your question, but: Today is Thursday.
- This morning = Thursday morning.
- Yesterday morning = Wednesday morning The day before yesterday in the morning = in the morning two days ago = Tuesday morning.
- Tomorrow morning = Friday morning In the morning the day after tomorrow = Saturday morning.
- There are minor variations.
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I'm not really sure of your question, but:
Today is Thursday.
This morning = Thursday morning.
Yesterday morning = Wednesday morning
The day before yesterday in the morning = in the morning two days ago = Tuesday morning.
Tomorrow morning = Friday morning
In the morning the day after tomorrow = Saturday morning.
There are min
Today is Thursday.
This morning = Thursday morning.
Yesterday morning = Wednesday morning
The day before yesterday in the morning = in the morning two days ago = Tuesday morning.
Tomorrow morning = Friday morning
In the morning the day after tomorrow = Saturday morning.
There are min
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What I want to ask is how to express the time correctly?
Which of the following is right? How does the native people express it?
the day before yesterday in the morning / in the morning before yesterday / the day before yesterday morning / on the morning of the day before yesterday / the morning before last / the morning before
Which of the following is right? How does the native people express it?
the day before yesterday in the morning / in the morning before yesterday / the day before yesterday morning / on the morning of the day before yesterday / the morning before last / the morning before
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Of yours, these are OK and clear:
the day before yesterday in the morning / the day before yesterday morning / on the morning of the day before yesterday / the morning before last
the day before yesterday in the morning / the day before yesterday morning / on the morning of the day before yesterday / the morning before last
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But realistically native speakers, as MM pointed out, would use the name of the day - Friday morning, Wednesday morning, etc.
I've never heard anyone say anything as convoluted as 'the day before yesterday in the morning'.
People would think you were quite strange if you said that. They would be able to work out what you meant but would wonder why you were saying it in such an od
I've never heard anyone say anything as convoluted as 'the day before yesterday in the morning'.
People would think you were quite strange if you said that. They would be able to work out what you meant but would wonder why you were saying it in such an od
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They do seem odd on paper of course, but as a casual conversation in passing, I can well imagine (and hence approved) e.g. The day before yesterday-- in the morning-- I went to Tokyo...
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