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Be careful! Achtung!

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:

In + morning, afternoon, evening = general

On + date (with a year or without it) or a day of the week = specific


For example:

- On the 23rd of March, I will be travelling to New Zealand.


- In New Zealand we celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December.
- Let’s meet for lunch on Tuesday!

At or in?
In the night refers to one particular night. At night refers to any night in general.

For example:

Did you hear that dog barking in the night?


I want to go for a walk at night.

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.

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