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 Re: Usage of "the" before nouns meaning particular periods in 24 hours
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Originally Posted by Humble  Hi,
I think you will do with some more info.
There’s no article with parts of the day
1. if they are modified by early, broad, high, late:
It was broad day.
2. after the prepositions at, after, before, by, past, towards, till, until:
at dawn
past noon
3. if they are followed by the verbs fall, break, set in, be at hand
Dusk fell early.
Night was at hand.
Morning has broken.
Regards | That's a good explanation, but may I offer a couple of comments? Say:I think you could do with some more info.
early morning OK
high noon OK
late afternoon OK
But broad is used in the phrase broad daylight.
It was a question that I hadn't handled before. I posted what I could come up with. You supplied additional imformation--information that is both interesting and useful. 
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