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hboo
Senior Member
Chinese
- Nov 27, 2012
- #1
Hello,
I'm confused about the preposition in the expression "at/in/on early morning". For example:
1. "At early morning I had a walk along the river." - this is a sentence from my English learning book.
I wonder if "At" is the right preposition in the sentence. If I replace it with "in", i.e. "in early morning", how does it sound? I was told to add "the" if I change "at" to "in", i.e. "in the early monring" or "early in the morning". But I'm not sure if they are correct. Another example:
2. "Early on Monday morning I had a walk along the river." - is "Early on Monday morning" the right way to say?
Besides the instances I listed above, are there other ways to express this?
Thank you.
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Parla
Member Emeritus
New York City
English - US
- Nov 27, 2012
- #2
1. "At early morning" is wrong (although "at dawn" works, since dawn is a particular moment). Either in early morning OR in the early morning sounds good to me.
2. Early on Monday morning is fine.
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lizmea
New Member
- Mar 18, 2014
- #3
Thank you very much for the reply. I was wondering about this too!
By the way, is "early in the morning" in the context given by the previous poster good too?
Parla said:
1. "At early morning" is wrong (although "at dawn" works, since dawn is a particular moment). Either in early morning OR in the early morning sounds good to me.
2. Early on Monday morning is fine.
sound shift
Senior Member
Derby (central England)
English - England
- Mar 18, 2014
- #4
Yes, "early in the morning" is fine too.
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Gabriel Malheiros
Senior Member
Portuguese - Brazil
- Apr 7, 2016
- #5
Parla said:
1. "At early morning" is wrong (although "at dawn" works, since dawn is a particular moment). Either in early morning OR in the early morning sounds good to me.
2. Early on Monday morning is fine.
Could I say just "Early Monday morning"... I mean, could a journalist report "There was a shooting in the city early Monday morning" on a Monday afternoon?
Thank you
Florentia52
Modwoman in the attic
Wisconsin
English - United States
- Apr 7, 2016
- #6
Gabriel Malheiros said:
Could I say just "Early Monday morning"... I mean, could a journalist report "There was a shooting in the city early Monday morning" on a Monday afternoon?
Thank you
Grammatically, yes. Logically, no. A journalist reporting the shooting on Monday afternoon would refer to it as having happened "early this morning." If they were referring to it on Wednesday,then they might say "…a shooting early Monday morning."
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Gabriel Malheiros
Senior Member
Portuguese - Brazil
- Apr 7, 2016
- #7
Florentia52 said:
Grammatically, yes. Logically, no. A journalist reporting the shooting on Monday afternoon would refer to it as having happened "early this morning." If they were referring to it on Wednesday,then they might say "…a shooting early Monday morning."
and "early in this morning"?
Florentia52
Modwoman in the attic
Wisconsin
English - United States
- Apr 7, 2016
- #8
Gabriel Malheiros said:
and "early in this morning"?
No.
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Gabriel Malheiros
Senior Member
Portuguese - Brazil
- Apr 9, 2016
- #9
Florentia52 said:
Grammatically, yes. Logically, no. A journalist reporting the shooting on Monday afternoon would refer to it as having happened "early this morning." If they were referring to it on Wednesday,then they might say "…a shooting early Monday morning."
Florentia52 said:
Grammatically, yes. Logically, no. A journalist reporting the shooting on Monday afternoon would refer to it as having happened "early this morning." If they were referring to it on Wednesday,then they might say "…a shooting early Monday morning."
I saw this on CNBC website:
"U.S. stock index futures indicated a higher open on Friday morning as traders ..."
That was in a report released today. Can I say "on Friday morning" on a Friday?
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