Can we say " 'In' a quiet and peaceful night"?
if it's wrong, what should I put in this blank? _____a quiet and peaceful night.
No matter how many times I prove read it I feel like something's wrong, but I'm not sure if it's right or not.
2006-11-15 12:50:29 · 7 answers · asked by Celestial Exploring 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The rest of it:
___ a quiet and peaceful night in Acadia, the Herberts sat down around the table for dinner, having absolutely no idea about the disaster that was about to come.
2006-11-15 12:57:57 · update #1
It depends if that is an ending or beginning of a sentence. As in:
"On a quiet and peaceful night, I walked in the woods."
or
"Nothing stirred in the quiet and peaceful night."
You would generally want to use "on" with the phrasing of "__ a quiet and peaceful night" or "in" with the "__ the quiet and peaceful night."
*Update*
After seeing your update, "On" is the only word that will correctly fit.
2006-11-15 12:57:08 · answer #1 · answered by Retrodvs 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
As one of the other answers notes, the first one is correct. However, if you want to ask a question, then the second one can be: "I'm not sure. Where can he work?" Hope that helps.
2016-03-20 04:12:01 · answer #2 · answered by Barbara 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On a quiet, peaceful evening. Of course it does depend a little on what words precede and follow the phrase... Seeing your update, "On" is the correct word to use.
2006-11-15 12:53:23 · answer #3 · answered by Pashta 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends Posssible Answers:
On a quiet and peaceful night.
In a quiet and peaceful night.
It all depends on the rest of the paragraph....
2006-11-15 12:53:26 · answer #4 · answered by jv_14playmaker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at it this way: Take out the adjs. "In a night." Does that make sense? Sounds better if it was "one" instead of "a," but if it needs the a, then try a verb.
2006-11-15 12:55:18 · answer #5 · answered by JJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ON a quiet and peaceful night
2006-11-15 12:52:16 · answer #6 · answered by LARGE MARGE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"On". It sounds strange but if you insist on using 'quiet and peaceful night" the more attractive sentence would be " In the quiet of a peaceful night...".
"On a quiet and peaceful night..." sounds better grammatically in your context.
2006-11-15 12:56:34 · answer #7 · answered by angstrom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in seems to work
perhaps during a quiet and peaceful night would be better?
2006-11-15 12:51:51 · answer #8 · answered by zigzag 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct grammar would be "on." "In" does not work in this sentence.
2006-11-15 13:13:43 · answer #9 · answered by staaarrr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try using "during."
2006-11-15 12:51:21 · answer #10 · answered by janellyy . 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋