meaning - How should "midnight on..." be interpreted? - English ...
2010年12月9日 · By convention, "midnight on the 10th of December" should refer to the end of the day of December 10, the instant before December 11 starts. If I say "last midnight" you can be assured that I am referring to a time less than 24 hours ago, and if I say "midnight tonight" I am referring to a time less than 24 hours in the future.
meaning - Does "Friday midnight" refer to the beginning of the …
2014年12月8日 · At midnight between Friday and Saturday If someone else says it, it's not a bad idea to ask for clarification. Even though it's more common for it to mean Friday, there are still times when it will mean Saturday, and neither is totally correct or incorrect.
etymology - Is there a term for "midnight" that is like "noon ...
2011年8月5日 · @Ham and Bacon: Even here it says "The opposite of noon is midnight". But on the OED it says "4. A. The time of night corresponding to mid-day; midnight. Chiefly in phr. (the) noon of night. B. The place of the moon at midnight." …
single word requests - Precise names for parts of a day - English ...
To avoid confusion timetables, when scheduling around midnight, prefer to use either 23:59 or 00:01 to avoid confusion as to which day is being referred to. It is after Noon that P.M. starts e.g. 00:00:01 ᴘᴍ (12:00:01) From McMaster University’s writing style guide: DATES AND TIMES. 12 noon and 12 midnight (rather than 12 a.m. or 12 p.m.)
Is there a term for the period between midnight and sunrise?
@Mitch On a related note, the OED entry for “small hours” gives “the early hours after midnight denoted by the small numbers, one, two, etc.” Interestingly, the 1st citation is from Charles Dickens in 1836: “He invited friends home, who used to come at ten o'clock, and begin to get happy about the small hours.” The 2nd citation ...
At Night or In the Night? - English Language & Usage Stack …
2015年3月13日 · (37) He arrived at three o'clock; at noon; at midnight; at sunset; at dawn. Just as a spatial point has no length, depth, or height, a temporal point such as three o'clock and noon, has no duration. A problematic use of at is the phrase at night. Unlike noon, night lasts from eight to twelve hours.
Is it correct to say "12:00am"? - English Language & Usage Stack …
2012年5月4日 · The use of "12:00 midnight" or "midnight" is still problematic because it does not distinguish between the midnight at the start of a particular day and the midnight at its end. To avoid confusion and error, some U.S. style guides recommend either clarifying "midnight" with other context clues, or not referring to midnight at all.
What time is 11 59 pm is it Night or Morning? - Answers
2024年11月14日 · 11:59 PM is night time. A minute later is exactly 12:00 AM, also known as midnight and the start of a new day. An easy way to remember this is that at 11:59 PM, you're usually Passed out, or sleeping.
word usage - 1 o'clock in the morning OR 1 o'clock at night?
2015年9月8日 · 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 the "Night-of-the-previous-day", hence it is still Monday-'Night' as it is after 'Evening' but before 'Dawn' as technically 'Morning' begins "When the Sun first becomes ...
What is an appropriate greeting to use at night time?
2013年1月21日 · You can use "good morning" after midnight, but that is sometimes used to sardonically or sarcastically address that fact that one is up at such a late hour, so it can be taken wrong. – Jon Hanna Commented Jan 21, 2013 at 12:09