The expression by night is typically used to contrast someone's nighttime activities to their daytime activities, especially when the nighttime activities are unusual or unexpected. You will see it very frequently in the construction X by day, Y by night. Some examples: ...treated it like a greasy spoon by day and a hotel by night I mean, if it's -- if it's somebody that is -- is living as a ...
In this night of wonder or On this night of wonder, which is correct? The full context is God from heav’nly splendour Comes to earth below; In/On this night of wonder, The world is all aglow.
Mediterranean? Lots of Mediterraneans have an afternoon siesta, so they could indulge themselves in such a preference. But Anglophones by and large don't go in for siestas, so there's probably not much call for a single term covering both "morning person, lark, early bird" and "night owl".
I'm a beginner here, and I have a question about the evening/night meal, and this is my first question. It's evening. The family is eating dinner. From when until when is it considered to be "ev...
Till is the properly truncated version of the preposition until, which means up to, and is used in anticipation of a future event. Even though till is often considered less formal than until, it has been in use for several centuries, especially outside the United States, and is perfectly acceptable standard English.
Until and till are both right and mean the same thing, but 'til is a mistake. See examples and learn how to use all forms of this word appropriately.