2021-04-14 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – afternoon & evening & morning
2021-04-14
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – afternoon & evening & morning
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง afternoon – noun = ‘af-ter-NOON’ – verb = AF-ter-NOON’
ออกเสียง evening = ‘EEV-ning’
ออกเสียง morning = ‘MAWR-ning’
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
Morning = early day:
We leave early tomorrow morning.
Not to be confused with:
mourning = sorrowing or lamentation:
She couldn’t stop mourning the loss of her dog.
Dictionary.com
VOCAB BUILDER
What is a basic definition of morning?
Morning refers to the beginning of the day.
Morning is used figuratively to refer to the beginningof anything.
Morning is also used to describe
somethingthat involves or occurs during the morning.
Depending on who you ask,
the exact hours of the morning will be different.
Generally speaking, morning begins
eitherat sunrise or at midnight (12 a.m.)
and ends at noon (12 p.m.).
- Real-life examples:
People usually sleepat night and wake up in the morning.
The sun rises in the morning.
Roosters are known to crow during the morning
when the sun comes up.
- Used in a sentence:
I would rather sleep until noon than wake up early in the morning.
Morning is also used figuratively to mean the beginning of something, such as a life, or an early period of something.
- Real-life examples:
The firstmovies were made in the morning of the film industry. Babyhood is the morning of a human’s life.
- Used in a sentence:
Archaeologists discovered artifacts left behind by people who lived during the morning of civilization.
As an adjective, morning means that
something is related tothe morning
or happens duringthe morning.
- Real-life examples:
A morning person likes being awake in the morning. A morning showeris taken in the early part of the day.
- Used in a sentence:
Deliveringthe morning newspaper means waking up at 5 a.m.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Word History
What Time Is 'Noon'?
It used to be later in the day.
There’s something aesthetically pleasing about the word noon.
Its palindromic spellingfeels appropriate for the middle of the day,
when the sun is directly overhead
and the hands on the clock are pointed upward in a straight line.
It’s even spelled with letters found moreor less
in the middleof the alphabet.
But there was once a time
when noon referred to a different time of day
—and that fact is reflected in the word’s etymology.
Noon takes a path through Middle and Old English,
where nōn denoted the ninth hour from sunrise.
That word derives from the Latin nonus, meaning “ninth,”
related to novem, the word for the number nine.
If you mark sunriseat approximately 6:00 in the morning,
that puts noon at around what we would now call 3:00 P.M.
Romans called what we now call noon meridiem,
literallythe “middle of the day”;
hence our designations A.M. (for ante meridiem)
and P.M. (post meridiem)
for the hours before and after the noon hour.
So, what was special about that ninth hour?
In Christian liturgy, the nones, or ninth hour,
was one of the three times of day
(along with morning and evening) set aside for prayer.
The ninth hour is significant at numerous points in Scripture;
in the Gospel of Mark,
the hours leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus
is described as “darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour”
in the King James Version and
as lasting
“until three in the afternoon” in theNew International Version.
It is believedthat
the time allotted for this prayer gradually moved up earlier in the day,
perhaps at the urgency of monks
who would could only end their fast afterthe prayer was completed
.
That timeknown as noon eventually
settled on the time when the sun was in the middle of the sky.
From there we acquired the word afternoon,
formed in 13th-century Middle English as afternone,
originally referring to the period of day after the midday meal
but before the evening meal.
High noon has no additional meaning apart from “noon”;
high sets noonas a precise rather than approximate time,
but doesn’t refer to the position of the sun at noon;
it was once used for midnight as well.
Now is it time for lunch?
Collins COBUILD English Usage
morning
The morning is the part of each day
which begins when you get up
or when it becomes light outside, and which ends at noon or lunchtime.
1. the present day
You refer to the morning of the present day as this morning.
His plane left this morning.
'When did the letter come?' – 'This morning.'
You refer to the morning of the previous day as yesterday morning.
They held a meeting yesterday morning.
If something will happen during the morning of the next day,
you can say that it will happen tomorrow morning or in the morning.
I've got to go to work tomorrow morning.
Phone him in the morning.
2. single events in the past
If something happened during a particular morning in the past,
use on and mention the particular morning,
for example, 'on Monday morning'.
We left after breakfast on Sunday morning.
On the morning of the exam, she felt sick.
If something happened earlier in the morning during a particular day
in the past that you are describing,
you can say that it happened that morning or in the morning.
I was late because that morning I had missed my train.
There had already been a meeting in the morning.
If something happened during
the morning of the day before a particular day in the past,
you can say that it happened the previous morning.
I remembered what she had told me the previous morning.
If something happened during the morning
of the day after a day in the past,
you say that it happened the next morning, in the morning,
next morning, or the following morning.
The next morning I got up early.
In the morning we decided to go out for a walk.
Next morning we drove over to Grandma's.
The ship was due to sail the following morning.
In stories, if you want to say that
something happened during a morning in the past,
without saying which morning,
you say that it happened one morning.
One morning, I was walking to school when I met Dan.
He woke up one morning and found she was gone.
3. talking about the future
If you want to say that
something will happen during a particular morning in the future,
you use on and mention the particular morning,
for example, 'on Monday morning'.
They're coming to see me on Friday morning.
He will probably feel very nervous on the morning of the wedding.
If something will happen
in the morning during a particular day in the future
that you are describing,
you can say that it will happen in the morning.
Our plane leaves at 4 pm on Saturday,
so we will have time to pack our bags in the morning.
If something will happen
during the morning of the day after a particular day in the future,
you can say that it will happen the following morning.
I will finish the report on Tuesday evening and send out copies the following morning.
4. regular events
If something happens or happened regularly every morning,
you say that it happens or happened in the morning or in the mornings.
Chris usually went swimming in the morning.
The museum is only open in the mornings.
If something happens or happened once a week
during a particular morning,
you use on followed by the name of a day of the week and mornings.
The post office is closed on Wednesday mornings.
She did her grocery shopping on Saturday mornings.
In American English,
you can say that something happens mornings, without 'on'.
Mornings, she went for a walk if the weather was fine.
5. exact times
You can use in the morning with times of day to make it clear
that you are talking about the period between midnight and noon
rather than the period between noon and midnight.
They sometimes had meetings at seven in the morning.
We didn't get to bed until four in the morning.*
Collins COBUILD English Usage
afternoon
The afternoon is the part of each day that begins at noon or lunchtime
and ends at about six o'clock, or after it is dark in winter.
1. the present day
You refer to the afternoon of the present day as this afternoon.
I rang Pat this afternoon.
Can I see you this afternoon?
You refer to the afternoon of the previous day as yesterday afternoon.
Doctors operated on the injury yesterday afternoon.
You refer to the afternoon of the next day as tomorrow afternoon.
I'll be home tomorrow afternoon.
2. single events in the past
If you want to say that something happened during a particular afternoon
in the past, you use on.
Olivia was due to arrive on Friday afternoon.
The box was delivered on the afternoon before my departure.
If you have been describing
what happened during a particular day,
you can then say that something happened that afternoon
or in the afternoon.
That afternoon I phoned Bill.
I left Walsall in the afternoon and went by bus to Nottingham.
If you are talking about a day in the past and you want
to mention that something had happened during the afternoon of the day before,
you say that it had happened the previous afternoon.
He had spoken to me the previous afternoon.
If you want to say that
something happened during the afternoon of the next day,
you say that it happened the following afternoon.
I arrived at the village the following afternoon.
3. talking about the future
If you want to say that something will happen
during a particular afternoon in the future, you use on.
The meeting will be on Wednesday afternoon.
If you are already talking about a day in the future,
you can say that something will happen in the afternoon.
We will arrive at Pisa early in the morning, then in the afternoon we will go on to Florence.
If you are talking about a day in the future
and you want to say that
something will happen during the afternoon of the next day,
you say that it will happen the following afternoon.
You leave on Thursday, arriving in Cairo at 9.45pm, then fly on to Luxor the following afternoon.
4. regular events
If something happens or happened regularly every afternoon,
you say that it happens or happened in the afternoon or in the afternoons.
He is usually busy in the afternoons.
In the afternoon he would take a nap.
If you want to say that
something happens regularly once a week during a particular afternoon,
you use on followed by the name of a day of the week and afternoons.
She plays tennis on Saturday afternoons.
In informal English, you can use afternoons without 'on' or 'in'.
She worked afternoons at her parents' shop.
5. exact times
If you have mentioned an exact time
and you want to make it clear that you are talking about the afternoon
rather than the early morning, you add in the afternoon.
We arrived at three in the afternoon.
Collins COBUILD English Usage
evening
The evening is the part of each day
between the end of the afternoon and the time when you go to bed.
1. the present day
You refer to the evening of the present day as this evening.
Come and have dinner with me this evening.
I came here this evening because I wanted to be on my own.
You can refer to the evening of the previous day as yesterday evening,
but it is more common to say last night.
'So you saw me in King Street yesterday evening?' – 'Yes.'
I met your husband last night.
I've been thinking about what we said last night.
You refer to the evening of the next day
as tomorrow evening or tomorrow night.
Gerald's giving a little party tomorrow evening.
Will you be home in time for dinner tomorrow night?
2. single events in the past
If you want to say that
something happened during a particular evening in the past, you use on.
She telephoned Ida on Tuesday evening.
On the evening after the party, Dirk went to see Erik.
If you have been describing
what happened during a particular day,
you can say that something happened that evening or in the evening.
That evening the children asked me to watch television with them.
He came back in the evening.
If you are talking about a day in the past and you want to mention that
something had happened during the evening of the day before,
you say that it had happened the previous evening
or the evening before.
Douglas had spent the previous evening at a hotel.
Freya opened the gift Beth had given her the evening before.
If you want to say that something happened
during the evening of the next day,
you say that it happened the following evening.
Mopani arrived at their house the following evening.
I told Patricia that I would take her for dinner the following evening.
3. talking about the future
If you want to say that something will happen
during a particular evening in the future, you use on.
The winning project will be announced on Monday evening.
I will write to her on Sunday evening.
If you are already talking about a day in the future,
you can say that something will happen in the evening.
The school sports day will be on June 22 with prizegiving in the evening.
4. regular events
If something happens regularly every evening,
you say that it happens in the evening or in the evenings.
In the evening I like to iron my clothes
as this is one less job for the morning.
And what do you do in the evenings?
In American English, evenings does not require 'in' or 'on'.
I like to go out evenings with friends.
If you want to say that something happens
regularly once a week during a particular evening,
you use on followed by the name of the day and evenings.
He plays chess on Monday evenings.
We would all gather there on Friday evenings.
American English does not require 'on'.
Friday evenings he visited with his father.
5. exact times
If you have mentioned an exact time and you want to make it clear
that you are talking about the evening rather than the morning,
you add in the evening.
He arrived about six in the evening.
Dictionary of Problem Words in English
Afternoon & evening & morning
Some purist object to the use of these plural forms
in the sensesof “during the afternoon” and “every afternoon.”
Idiomatically, however,
it is permissible and correct to sayor write
“Sue works only afternoons”
when what is meant is “Sue works every afternoon”
or “Sue works only in (or during) the afternoon.”
In various partsof the country,
afternoon, evening, and morning
have different meanings and applications.
Afternoon means the time from noon till evening,
but when does evening come?
In certain sectionsof the West and South,
one hears “Good evening” as a greeting anytime from noon until midnight.
To some,
evening may mean the period between noon and nightfall.
But what is night?
Is it the timebetween sunset and sunrise?
Does morning apply to the time between midnight and noon
or that between sunrise and noon?
The only sensible plan
is to use these terms
as your friends and neighbors do,
recognizing that such usage
may be misunderstood in other sections of the country.
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