2021年4月26日 · Not a native English speaker and poor at distinguishing shortened expressions, I am not sure if native English speakers indeed say "Morning", or "G'morning", in addition to the formal expression "GOOD (accented) morning" or "(plain vanilla) good morning".

2013年3月1日 · Perhaps that is a regional thing; where I am from in Canada, we laugh at each other good-naturedly if we say "good morning" after 12:00 noon, as if we slept in late. If it is approaching 12:00 noon, we will look at our watches first to make sure we shouldn't say " good afternoon " instead.

2019年6月25日 · "Good morning" is fine (and standard); "Good morning to you, too" is also fine. I have never heard anyone say "Good morning, too". It would probably go far over the top, and confuse people, unless they had either very good senses of humor or were fans of a certain famous fantasy author , to answer as Gandalf did to Bilbo Baggins : "What do you ...

2025年1月9日 · Normally, I would see the verb "play" followed by an object ("football" or "a card game" for example) or some prepositional adverb like "outside", e.g. "I just played outside." So for a native speaker, is it awkward for them to receive the reply like "I just played" or "I was just playing" after they ask the question "What did you do this morning?"

2018年1月12日 · (a) there are several people to whom the "good morning" could be addressed, and/or (b) if the audience cannot see the person to whom the remark is being addressed (e.g. a radio programme or a podcast). The key point is that …

2014年11月11日 · Morning needs an article, so your example. I messaged you in the morning. But since this is past tense, it would be better to write: I messaged you this morning. For the future it is OK though: I will message you in the morning.

"Good morning to everybody." "Good morning to all of you." This case is more often used when address people indirectly and formally, such as a meeting or a lecture. "Good morning to everyone here today." would be something I have heard a professor at a university say when addressing the class. "Good morning everybody." "Good morning all of you."

Why do some people say "morning too" instead of saying "good morning to you too", in response to "good morning"? Is it grammatically correct and valid to say "good morning too" or just "morning t...

In the evening, In the morning, in the afternoon. And for days, we use the preposition “on”, on Saturday, on Monday, on Tuesday,...so on. With respect to both of them being “nouns”, Sunday and evening. But I am confused of using them together. I met one of my friends on Sunday evening. Why do we use ON instead of:

2017年12月8日 · Morning, midday, afternoon, and evening are common words that are used to break down night and day into smaller units. There are a number of phrases to describe the night hours, but they are more colorful, less common, and the exact time reference can vary depending on the speaker and context: "in the darkest hours", "the midnight hours", "oh ...