The use of "tonight"

[easybreakable]

Hello,

I work in translation, actually it's not my specialty, but as a part time job, I do this.... So I was wondering about the use of the adverb of time "tonight" should it be only with future tense, or it can also be used with the past tense.

[Gillnetter]

Hello,

I work in translation, actually it's not my specialty, but as a part time job, I do this.... So I was wondering about the use of the adverb of time "tonight" should it be only with future tense, or it can also be used with the past tense.

Tonight is the time after the sun sets today.

[easybreakable]

I know this but I was wondering about the use of it in the sentences.

for example is it correct to say: tonight I went early to bed, but I couldn't sleep.

or it should only be in the future tense like : tonight, I'm going to the movies.

[Gillnetter]

I know this but I was wondering about the use of it in the sentences.

for example is it correct to say: tonight I went early to bed, but I couldn't sleep.
I went to bed early tonight, but I couldn't sleep.

Yes, this is possible as long as it was said sometime before midnight or in the early morning - depends on how one understands tonight.

This is similar to, I went dancing tonight or I went out to dinner tonight.


If you wrote, I told them yesterday that I would go to bed early tonight. The reference to tonight is still after the sun sets today.
or it should only be in the future tense like : tonight, I'm going to the movies.
I went to the movies tonight - I shall (will) go to the movies tonight.

Gil

[easybreakable]

Thanks for your patience, now everything is clear.