[Grammar] Stay up late on holiday nights

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Steve.nabi

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Are the following sentences correct ?

1. I sleep early at night except holiday nights

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2. I don't sleep late, but break the routine on holiday nights and stay up late.


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I would use "go to bed" in place of "sleep" in both examples.
 

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In your second sentence, "sleep late" doesn't really work. It usually means to stay in bed longer than usual.

Normally I get up at 7am but on Saturdays I sleep late and get up around 9.
 

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thank you dear bhaisahab

so you mean the following sentence is grammatically correct ? Is there any other alternative you may suggest to me ?

I go to bed early at night except holiday nights

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It would be better with "on holiday nights". I recommend using Piscean's suggestions, though.
 

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thank you dear Piscean

I'm so Sorry probably my question was not clear enough. I meant that I want to say "I stay up late when the next day is a holiday ".

again thank you for your previous helpful answer
 

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Actually there seems to be a logical error. People are more likely to stay up late on nights before a holiday. For example, Sunday is a holiday, but you go to bed early because you have to work on Monday.
"I go to bed early except when the next day is a holiday."
"I go to bed early except when I'm on holidays."

Crossposted: It seems the point has been taken.
 

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Thank you​, [STRIKE]dear[/STRIKE] bhaisahab.

So do you mean the following sentence is grammatically correct? Is there any other alternative you may suggest to me?

I go to bed early at night except holiday nights.

Thanks.

Thank you, [STRIKE]dear[/STRIKE] Piscean.

I'm so sorry. Probably my question was not clear enough. I meant that I want to say "I stay up late when the next day is a holiday".

Again, thank you for your previous helpful answer.

See above. You must learn to use correct capitalisation and punctuation.
 
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