 Re: Usage of "the" before nouns meaning particular periods in 24 hours
Hi,
Yes, broad daylight (day light) prevails by far, but still…
When it was broad day, he knew his road, and made straight for Poitiers; but his horse being tired, he did not arrive there until about nine o'clock, ...
The Roscoff fishing smack lay in the Severn, above Avon mouth, and it was broad day when Captain Paul Jones came aboard again…
It was now broad day, but the morning being cold, a group of them were gathered round a fire in a public-house, drinking hot purl, and smoking pipes, ...
by David Lawrence "Although it was broad day, every light in the house was burning and Stella Mooney knew something dreadful had happened..."
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