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In or on?
We use in with morning, afternoon, and evening. But only when we want to describe a more general
time frame, that is, we do not want to say the exact time. For example:
I work best in the morning.
Please come to my office in the afternoon.
I love going for walks in the evening.
We use on when we talk about a specific morning, afternoon, evening, and night.
Normal constructions:
At or in?
In the night refers to one particular night. At night refers to any night in general.
For example:
In the night ist formal und poetisch und wird daher im normalen Sprachgebrauch selten verwendet.
Stattdessen ist die Formulierung at night/during the night gebräuchlicher.