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I always work best in the morning. I often The ship left the harbour on the morning
get tired in the afternoon. of the ninth of November.

In the evening  they used to sit outside and It happened on a beautiful summer’s
watch the sun going down. evening.

At or in?
In the night usually refers to one particular night; at night refers to any night
in general:
I was awake in the night, thinking about all the things that have happened.
‘It’s not safe to travel at night,’ the officer said.

At the end or in the end?

We use at the end (often with of) to talk about the point in time where something
finishes. We use in the end to talk about things that happen after a long time or after
a series of other events:
At the end of the film, everyone was crying.
Not: In the end of the film …
I looked everywhere for the book but couldn’t find it, so in the end I bought a new
copy.

At the beginning or in the beginning?

We use at the beginning (often with of) to talk about the point where something
starts. We usually use in the beginning when we contrast two situations in time:
At the beginning of every lesson, the teacher told the children a little story.
In the beginning, nobody understood what was happening, but after she explained
everything very carefully, things were much clearer.
See also:
 At

Other uses of in with time

We use in to say how long it takes someone to do something:
He was such a clever musician. He could learn a song in about five minutes.
We use an apostrophe -s construction (in a year’s time, in two months’ time) to say
when something will happen. We don’t use it to say how long someone takes to do
something:
I won’t say goodbye because we’ll be seeing each other again in three days’ time.
We can also say in three days, without time, in this example.
He ran the marathon in six hours and 20 minutes.
Not: He ran the marathon in six hours and 20 minutes’ time.

Time expressions without at, on, in

We don’t normally use at, on or in before time expressions beginning
with each, every, next, last, some, this, that, one, any, all:
He plays football every Saturday.
Are you free next Monday at two o’clock?
Last summer we rented a villa in Portugal.