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  1. 13 sept. 2010 · English-US. 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.

  2. 17 juin 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.

  3. 5 janv. 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.

  4. 18 déc. 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.

  5. 17 sept. 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.

  6. 2 sept. 2016 · Jan 13, 2020. #15. jmichaelm said: 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.

  7. 22 sept. 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.

  8. 4 janv. 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)

  9. 2 oct. 2021 · I arrived home very late last night. That's I got home approximately at 1. In this context, could you please tell me which of the following sentences are correct? I arrived home very late last night. I arrived home last night. I arrived home approximately at 1 last night. I arrived home around 1 last night. I arrived home at night yesterday.

  10. 19 oct. 2013 · I have noticed people say 'last night' instead of other things to refer to the most recent night. My friend and I were discussing whether people use "yesterday's night" to mean the same thing. Like: "What did you do yesterday's night?"="What did you do last night?" I said it was technically right, but people just didn't say it. While my friend ...

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