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meaning - How should "midnight on..." be interpreted? - English ...
Friday night at midnight probably will always be interpreted as "Midnight in the night which follows Friday evening". Midnight tonight This means (to me) the midnight following today. 11:59 PM Friday 12:01 AM Saturday These are totally unambiguous.
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How do people greet each other when in different time zones?
I was puzzled by your question, then I worked out that you mean 'How do you greet a person who is in a different time zone from yours?' I suppose, if you know what time it is where they are, you use the greeting appropriate for them.
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Word for a person who often visits night clubs and bars?
Clubber is fine. It's a fairly new word that exists solely for that context. There are a good number of different words to describe different aspects of the behaviour of said person, but to simply state that they frequent clubs, 'clubber' is accurate. Similarly, there is the verb 'to club' or the gerund, ' (go) clubbing' to describe the activity, though interestingly, that is much older.
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Is there a word or phrase for someone who works hard at night and does ...
All the words or phrases I know for people who stay up at night merely describe the habit of not sleeping (e.g.: a night owl or insomniac) I am looking for a word or phrase with an emphasis on wor...
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Is there a term for the period between midnight and sunrise?
0 Perhaps dawn is what you are looking for? It's the period after night, and just before sunrise, the beginning of morning twilight. It's recognized by the presence of weak sunlight, when the sun is still below horizon. There are also more technical definitions of dawn, available at Wikipedia.
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Where did the phrase "batsh*t crazy" come from?
The word crazy is a later addition. Scanning Google Books I find a handful of references starting from the mid-60s where batshit is clearly just a variation on bullshit (nonsense, rubbish) - which meaning still turns up even in 2001, but it's relatively uncommon now. Here's a relatively early one from 1967 where the meaning is crazy. A decade later most references have this meaning, but the ...
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"Thru" vs. "through" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Could anyone explain the differences between "thru" and "through"? Is the difference only in spelling? Is "thru" some sort of slang?
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"At/on (the) weekend (s)" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
An aside: In 'at night' we have elided 'time' ('at night time'). It is not an " exception " since there are no " rules ", but conventions — and phenomena. Finally, with 'on' there is a two-fold element at play (in North America), one being that 'on' is for single days (and dates), and since many reserve just one day at (the) weekends.
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Is it correct to say "I kindly request you to..."?
It seems like everyone is hung up on whether "request you to" is correct grammar. Nobody has answered the kernel of the question which, I think, is whether kindness is implied in any request. I don't think it is. A request is not implicitly kind or unkind. So "kindly" adds just as much to the sentence as "humbly."
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Word or phrase for a sudden change of day to night [closed]
I am looking for a word of phrase that would describe the abrupt change of day to night, similar to what you can witness closer to the Earth's equator. The phrase will be used for a name of a tune.