At night but not at day? |
 Jul 27 2006, 10:25 PM
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Can anyone tell me why you can say "at night" but "at day" isn't grammatically correct? "Night" and and a definition of "day" are absolute opposites describing units of time or periods of light or darkness so why can't they be used interchangeably? And then there's "tonight" and "today" which aren't opposites; "today" refering to the entire day and "tonight" refering to a specific time period (of darkness) within the "day." Language is stupid. Or maybe I am.
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Jul 27 2006, 10:39 PM
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This thread could quite possibly on par with other Justin's thread a while back on questioning why the period & comma go inside of the quotation marks while other punctuation goes outside of it. Randomness ftw.
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xquizit At night but not at day? Jul 27 2006, 10:25 PM
bballchick1 Hmm..I have absolutely no clue. Jul 27 2006, 10:31 PM Spiritual Winged Aura o_______o
because it's shorter, simple, and .... Jul 27 2006, 10:31 PM lidoxangie --------- Jul 27 2006, 10:36 PM StanleyThePanda I really dont know. Good question, Im going to st... Jul 27 2006, 10:38 PM airam what's ftw stand for? Jul 27 2006, 10:40 PM
decadence QUOTE(airam @ Jul 27 2006, 8:40 PM) what... Jul 27 2006, 10:43 PM xquizit QUOTE(decadence @ Jul 27 2006, 11:43 PM) ... Jul 27 2006, 10:48 PM mona lisa At night. During the day. At day. Hmm, it sounds s... Jul 27 2006, 10:42 PM dangjer Sometimes you would think any other language is ea... Jul 27 2006, 10:59 PM xquizit QUOTE(dangjer @ Jul 27 2006, 11:59 PM) So... Jul 27 2006, 11:34 PM dangjer QUOTE(xquizit @ Jul 27 2006, 9:34 PM) Way... Jul 27 2006, 11:35 PM xquizit QUOTE(dangjer @ Jul 28 2006, 12:35 AM) It... Jul 27 2006, 11:38 PM dangjer QUOTE(xquizit @ Jul 27 2006, 9:38 PM) And... Jul 27 2006, 11:42 PM xquizit QUOTE(dangjer @ Jul 28 2006, 12:42 AM) Yo... Jul 27 2006, 11:46 PM dangjer QUOTE(xquizit @ Jul 27 2006, 9:46 PM) Hey... Jul 27 2006, 11:49 PM marzipan ^ eh, kind of.
well....i don't know. i guess... Jul 27 2006, 11:28 PM baby_in_blue wow. that`s interesting.
this thread gave me a... Jul 27 2006, 11:48 PM lol lollipops Hm, I think it's because, yes, night is a time... Jul 27 2006, 11:56 PM xquizit QUOTE(dangjer @ Jul 28 2006, 12:49 AM) Do... Jul 27 2006, 11:57 PM lol lollipops QUOTE(xquizit @ Jul 28 2006, 12:57 AM) I ... Jul 28 2006, 12:01 AM xquizit QUOTE(lol lollipops @ Jul 28 2006, 1:01 A... Jul 28 2006, 12:03 AM xiMiJix like in the english there are many interpretations... Jul 28 2006, 12:01 AM lol lollipops ^ Yes, but they're all made out of cupcakes. Jul 28 2006, 12:07 AM Spiritual Winged Aura yummy. cupcakes ;]
i like creamy fillings w/ cher... Jul 28 2006, 12:20 AM smallsXalmighty Good shitholes?
Anyways..I don't understand th... Jul 28 2006, 01:41 AM xquizit *bump*
I want more responses to this, dammit. Jul 28 2006, 11:23 AM Kathleen Roxannnnnnnneeee! Okay.. to answer your questi... Jul 28 2006, 12:22 PM ermfermoo 'During the night' works just as 'duri... Jul 28 2006, 12:25 PM |
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