Gabriel
early morning/early in the morning Hi, there If I am talking to someone in another country and I want to say it's already dark in my city, could I say "It's already night here"? Or should it be "It's already at night here"? Or maybe "I didn't sleep a wink and it's already almost early in the morning" or "I didn't sleep a wink and it's already almost early morning"? Do you use the preopisitions in these cases? What if I said "birds sing early in the morning"? Or should it be "Birds sing in the early morning?" What's the difference betwen "early morning", "in the early morning" and "early in the morning"? Thank you
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Hi Gabriel, I will answer each of your questions one at a time. For the first question you would say "It's already night(time) here." Saying "It's already at night(time)" doesn't make sense because saying "at" implies that what you are talking about is in a place such as "at the store" or "at the park". The difference between "early morning" and "early in the morning" is that "early morning" means around 0:00- 6:00. If you were to say "early in the morning" there is more of a personal preference and it usually starts around 5:00-6:00. For the "birds singing early in the morning" v. "birds singing in the early morning" there is no major difference. It is the same concept as your other question. So essentially "early morning" refers to 0:00-5:00. "In the early morning" v. "Early in the morning" is not really any different. "early in the morning" is more common to say though. -Camille, italki community tutor
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