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Sep 13, 2010 · Sep 13, 2010. #3. "Last night" should be able to replace "on the last night" in most contexts. In terms of meaning, the two expressions are similar. Using "on the last night" emphasizes "the last night" as one of a series of nights: We were there for a week. We camped for the first five nights.
Jun 17, 2010 · Senior Member. American English. Jun 17, 2010. #2. First note that 'yesterday' is not an adjective. However, from a purely grammatical point of view, "yesterday night" is possible as an appositive phrase. The reason "yesterday night" sounds odd is because there is already a shorter way of saying this---i.e. last night.
Dec 18, 2008 · Dec 19, 2008. #10. It isn't always the case, but often Yesterday evening is more specific than Last night. Yesterday evening usually refers to a period the preceding day from about 5 at the earliest to midnight at the latest, whereas Last night generally refers to any time before you went to sleep, starting from erm… late afternoon.
Jan 5, 2012 · Southern England. English - England. Jan 6, 2012. #4. For some reason yesterday night and last evening are much rarer in my experience than last night and yesterday evening. I've always though that this was because the night was almost as much today's as yesterday's, whereas the evening was clearly yesterday's.
Sep 22, 2012 · Amber_1010 said: A. It rained last night. ( one rain only, it happened and it stopped later, it took part in some time in the night) B. It was raing last night. ( it kept raining last night.) "Rain" is an event that takes place over a period of time, however small. Without further expressed context, both your sentences are stating the same thing.
Sep 17, 2020 · Last night = the night immediately preceding the present moment. Today is Thursday. Where Kate had stood last night = where she stood on Wednesday night. But bear in mind that this is an imaginary fragment of a unknown writing, possibly written in the first person with all the emotional (i.e. illogical) implications that that brings.
Jan 25, 2009 · Perhaps its just the apparent contradiction in saying day and night in the same phrase that makes it less idiomatic. Maybe we could say yesternight (not actually a word). Yesternight (the night of yesterday, last night) has been a word since 1334 (OED). It may not be used a great deal these days but it was used by several 19th century writers.
Sep 2, 2016 · NJ, USA. English - US. Sep 2, 2016. #3. I would never say "all night long yesterday". I would use "all last night" to mean "all of last night until I went to sleep" or "all of last night during my sleep". - All last night I wanted a beer, but we didn't have any left. - All last night I had bad dreams.
Jan 4, 2019 · Deutsch. Jan 4, 2019. #5. I was drinking last night, so it was hard for me to focus, because I was drunk. I drank last night, so it was hard for me to focus because I was drunk. I drank last night. (Maybe I had one drink or two and the stopped.) I was drinking last night (to me this means maybe for an hour, maybe 2 maybe even all evening)
Sep 18, 2014 · 'Yesterday night' could be rewritten 'yester day-night'. It is not at all clear what a 'day-night' is supposed to be. Neither would you say 'last day night' for the same reason. It is not at all clear what a 'day-night' is supposed to be.
