The spoken use of "night" as an informal, familiar version of "good night" (wishing one a restful sleep) is common, but I'm not sure what the proper written equivalent is - if there is one.
If it's 7:30pm, which of these phrases is correct, Good night or Good evening?
phrases - "Good night" or "good evening"? - English Language & Usage ...
Night refers to the time after sunset. Accordingly, it can be both morning and night (this being pretty much the definition of the small hours). Midnight refers to exactly 0000/2400 hours, and the time just around it. 2301 is not midnight. "Good night" does not mean "have a good sleep".
In my reply, I am not being sarcastic or mean, but this is the South. I doubt very much that you'll find a Portuguese community. NC (and to a lessor extent SC) have small pockets of Mexican residents, and you may find El Salvadorian folks (to an extent), but that's about it. Good luck with your move. I moved from the NYC Metro area, live in Charlotte NC, and like the South very much ...
What can I say about a thing happened at night? Someone stole my phone at night. OR Someone stole my phone in the night. Which one is right to say?
At night or In the night - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
- The origin of "at night" to indicate a point of time and the usage of prepositions "in" and"at" In olden times, when the time expression "at night" was originated, night might have been thought as a point of time in the day because there wasn't any activity going on and people were sleeping that time unlike daytime.