Why You Shouldn't Whistle At Night

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Phantom whistle that shouldn't have been blown takes Bucs' defensive TD off board vs. Saints

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The grass is wet because it rained last night. This seems the simplest and most elegant expression of the meaning. I am always suspicious of "reason (s)" and "why" being next to each other. There can be reasons for things but there is usually a better way of expressing "reasons why".

Monday Night Football has again produced a bizarre NFL officiating controversy. The mistake limited the Patriots' yardage on a pass to receiver Danny Amendola. In addition, an initial reading of the ...

  1. The origin of "at night" to indicate a point of time and the usage of prepositions "in" and"at" In olden times, when the time expression "at night" was originated, night might have been thought as a point of time in the day because there wasn't any activity going on and people were sleeping that time unlike daytime.
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At Night or In the Night? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

The spoken use of "night" as an informal, familiar version of "good night" (wishing one a restful sleep) is common, but I'm not sure what the proper written equivalent is - if there is one.

Adding Time brings the two into a comparison of time periods. Saying just Day and Night compares the non-time/instantaneous status; light and dark, up and down, inside and outside. This is the purpose of the usage, not a time period.