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Bookmark or Share- word usage - 1 o'clock in the morning OR 1 o'clock at night? - English ...If it is Monday and it becomes 2 a.m., since the light of the sun is no longer visible in the sky then that is the 'Night-of-the-previous-day", so it is 'Monday-Night'. However, one-minute AFTER 'Midnight' is the next "CALENDAR-'DATE", So if Monday is the 3rd of the month then one minute after Midnight is the 4th of the month, but it is STILL ...
- nouns - Can "nighttime" be used instead of "night-time"? - English ...I don't see this as a matter of "proper" usage anyway, but no-one (apart from me in my own answer) seems interested in the fact that nighttime (however you write it) has two very different usages. Thus at nighttime is a "noun" usage on a par with at dawn, at daybreak, at sunset. Whereas a night-time visit, for example, is an adjectival usage ...
- At Night or In the Night? - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeOne of the earliest usages of "at night" is from Chaucer's works. However, there is one earlier usage listed in OED. The following are the definition of at night and earliest examples from OED: at night: at nightfall, in the evening or night; during the hours of darkness. Freq. designating a specified time.
- Evening and night in English - English Language & Usage Stack Exchangea: the latter part and close of the day and early part of the night. b: chiefly Southern US and Midland US :AFTERNOON. c: the period from sunset or the evening meal to bedtime. According to the same dictionary : night: the time from dusk to dawn when no sunlight is visible // The store is open all night.
- single word: person who loves the night or staying up at nightA "Night Owl" is a term for a person who prefers being awake during the late hours of the night. someone who enjoys staying awake all night. If you want to go with something that's more clinical sounding, you could go with "nyctophilia" Preference for the night or darkness.
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