And for days, we use the preposition “on”, on Saturday, on Monday, on Tuesday,...so on. With respect to both of them being “nouns”, Sunday and evening. But I am confused of using them together. I met one of my friends on Sunday evening. Why do we use ON instead of: I met one of my friends in the evening of Sunday. More @Wikipedia
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