Say good afternoon any time between noon and 5pm Say good evening any time between 5pm and 9pm as a greeting. Say good night any time after 5pm and bedtime as a farewell. Say good night any time after 9pm and going to bed. Maybe each country uses a different system. I asked some native speakers in my university about that and I got different answers!!! Any way Thanx again 4 your replay and I am looking for more suggetions and opinions.
Iam traveling to Monrovia on an ugent trip starting from Sept 18,October 6, to settle some Financial obligation with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. During this period ,all financia issued requiring my attention should be directed to the Hospital Administrator,Mr Lousina F. The phrase used in that way merely differentiates 1 in the morning 1 a. B: I am not, you are being unreasonable. A: Well, good day to you sir, I am done talking about this. Hi there. First, I should thank you for your generosity.
I have one essential difficulty with learning English: I have no idea how should I deeply learn the different meanings of a word or a phrasal verb. My office timing is 12am in night what is the peoper greeting at that time good evening or anything else. English Language Blog.
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Share this: Share. About the Author: Gabriele Hi there! Malachuse: Thanks for this post. Flavio: I still have a doubt. If I meet someone around pm, do I have to say good evening? Gabriele: Flavio Flavio, Yes, that is the most common greeting to say at night. Yes, I would still use "good evening" at 11 or 12 at night. Once you cross into 12am and later though, good morning becomes viable and more likely the closer you get to 12pm.
That's the context I would associate with which to use. Kosmonaut Kosmonaut 49k 10 10 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. My answer from a similar, before someone pointed to this as a related question, to which this is even more suited: "Good night" as a greeting was once commonly found in Ireland, but almost exclusive to there.
And as a farewell: —Well, good night, Aunt Kate, and thanks for the pleasant evening. Jon Hanna Jon Hanna I shall henceforth replace goodbye with one of the aforementioned phrases. Chava61 Chava61 1. Mari-Lou A Not my downvote, although I agree with it Perhaps greeting someone at 10 o'clock at night with "good morning" is acceptable in your dialect, but in BrEng and AmEng you would get some odd stares, and be perhaps corrected: "You mean, "good night "?
Ah, the dreaded As-per Syndrome strikes again. Please note that beginning sentences with As per looks like a super-stuffy affectation, really pretentious as all get out. Its As in completely superfluous. It would just be Per my experience but even that is painfully stuff. Just say In my experience. And using knowledge there with As per makes no sense at all.
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