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Aug 5, 2010 · English - England. Aug 5, 2010. #3. There is an important difference, but it's not always observed even by native speakers. It's like the difference between ago and earlier. Last night means the night before today. The night before means the night before the day we have referred to. Three years ago means three years before today.
小风，我认为意思没区别。. 可能说话者为了强调是昨天晚上而不是今天晚上会用到the night before,这是一个语意上的感情倾向。. 你在实际对话中慢慢品位吧。. the night before 与last night区别二者意思基本相同，没必要从字面来抠意思。. 但the night before 侧重特指这个 ...
Jul 31, 2015 · Korean. Aug 1, 2015. #5. Hildy1 said: Last night is the night before today. The night before is the night before some other day, either past or future. Then, by definition, I cannot use "last night" in a past perfect sentence, and if I mean to refer to the night before the given day in a past perfect sentence, I must use "the night before."
Apr 1, 2009 · Onondaga, Ontario. Canadian English. Apr 1, 2009. #3. We usually say " The night before last " meaning the night before last night, or before yesterday. The night after tomorrow sounds fine. L.
Feb 16, 2020 · Either "the night before" or "the previous night" is fine. But "last night" would only work if you were talking about what you were doing today . You can't use it to refer to what you do every day .
Hello, Let's say, today is Friday, and I was referring to Wednesday at night. That night I slept only one hour an a half. 1. I slept only one hour and a half the night before last. (I think it's English. But it sounds a bit awkward, maybe because I don't hear it often) 2. Two nights ago, I slept only one hour and a half.
English-England. Dec 21, 2008. #4. Slap_dtp said: I've a doubt with the expresion "before last". e.g: The night before last (if today were Monday, then it would refer to Saturday night) I found this: "The Friday before last". But im not sure about the meaning. For example, If today were Wednesday 25th, the expresion is refered to Friday 20th or ...
Jun 25, 2015 · From the Random House Unabridged: eve: 1. (sometimes cap.) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:Christmas Eve; the eve of an execution. 2. the period preceding or leading up to any event, crisis, etc. On the eve of the American Revolution.
Oct 9, 2017 · On the night before Christmas, children hang their stockings. On the night of the big earthquake, most people were in bed. We say "in the night" (occasionally) to mean "during the night:" Young children sometimes get frightened in the night. I like to wander around the city in the night, looking at the darkened shop windows.
Dec 5, 2016 · German/English bilingual. Dec 5, 2016. #3. We can say something like "three nights ago", but instead of "one night ago" or "a night ago" we normally say "last night". With "the previous night" you need to be careful, because "previous" is relative to some specific time that is either express or implied. If you said that X happened last night ...
