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

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".

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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 ...

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  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

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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.

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