Is forenoon commonly used? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Forenoon is a common word to represent the timing between 10am to 12 noon, I dont think morning is an apt word to represent 11 am If somebody uses morning, it naturally sounds a time between 6 am to 10 am in my understanding I dont know weather or not the native speakers avoided this word by the influence of sms and all
Does the word afternoon need a preposition before, in the following . . . Yes, you need to add a preposition before But He reads books afternoon s is OK (see here), if a little terse or poetic You may need to clarify the sense of your sentence Is the afternoon the time when he usually reads, or is reading what he usually does in the afternoon?
Is it a correct expression ? and How to express it? Rather than say "she is in it" and then repeat "starring her", it makes more sense to state that once at the beginning "Forenoon", while it is a word, is not commonly used Better to use the more natural "morning" She is starring in a Japanese tourist attraction video shooting tomorrow morning
Times of the day - English Language Learners Stack Exchange I have a problem concerning times of the day in English Am I doing it right? I’m particularly interested in the bolded ones (midnight noon midday) Do they require any prepositions? Would it be c
phrase meaning - Is it rude to say Id appreciate if you could reply . . . @C M Weimer If I knew my correspondent was a NNS, and I saw I would appreciate if you could reply as soon as possible, I would ask whether my correspondent understands the nuances of this usage rather than excoriating her for rudeness A teacher, of all people, has a duty to be aware of such things I doubt that any unknown portions of the email were causative here Even as it is, the quoted
The definite article before “of-phrases” - English Language Learners . . . In English there are two articles: the definite article (the) and the indefinite article (spelled either a or an depending on the initial sound of the following word) Articles are used before nouns or noun equivalents and are a type of adjective The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader The indefinite article (a, an) is