Ever been in a situation where both ‘in the night’ and ‘at night’ seemed correct but you knew only one of them was appropriate? Or you knew which of them to use but couldn’t say why? Well, we’ve all been there at some point.

For the record, ‘night’ in this context is the dark part of every 24-hour period.

Now, this is the simple answer we’ve tried to figure out:

In the night

We use ‘in the night’ when we refer to a particular point during the night—a short time, not throughout the night.

Examples:

1. He called me three times in the night just to make sure I was fine.
2. He let out a terrifying scream in the night.
3. We didn’t know what to do, so we decided to tell him in the night.
4. I watched two episodes of Strike Back in the night.

At night

This is the expression we use when we talk about something that happens all of the night, not for a short time.

Examples:

1. He slept during the day and guarded the castle at night.
2. Can the sun replace the moon at night?
3. I usually study at night when my exams are only two days away.
4. How difficult is it to sleep at night?

To recap, ‘in the night’ means ‘only for a short time during the night’, while ‘at night’ means ‘throughout the night’.

nice one

Op well done, may God bless you for this useful educative thread in the night

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Beautiful piece...learnt something new...

God bless you

nice article

so people did not know this?!?

This is educative!

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What about in Ikeja and At Ikeja?

Educative

DuBLINGreenb:
so people did not know this?!?

Most schools don't teach these things anymore. Its now more of international exams. Everybody most people won travel outside 9ja

Okay. Now I've learnt something new, again! Thank you OP.

Educative
Op

Nice one...learnt something new....I ate at nyt....ate u??

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Phi001:
What about in Ikeja and At Ikeja?

"In Ikeja" is the correct phrase

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Thanks.

Has this being helpful to me. ? ....YES !

Nice piece

Thanks.

What about "FOR NIGHT"

Example: The babe come my house for might

we don hear, the most important thing be say night dey for there.

Educative.

Tastemoney:


"In Ikeja" is the correct phrase

Wait... Lemme rephrase my question.


What's the answer to 'Where are you (at)?'

(A) I'm in Ikeja (B) I'm at Ikeja

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#bringbackournairaland

is "On the night" correct?

Thanks a lot for this OP.
English and maths used to be two of my favourite subjects as a student.
Whereas i practised maths regularly to maintain an A+, i hardly pick any book to study English in preparing for any Exam yet it often tops my scores among other subjects.
These days, many years since graduation, the story has changed so drastically as both my spoken and written English has nosedived!.
Today spelling mistakes no be here.

Are u d new English teacher? Yes I are