Before you decide whether to use goodnight or good night, you need to focus on why you use that little adjective good in the first place.
The explanation: Try thinking of it this way: Would you ever use goodmorning, goodafternoon, goodday, or goodevening? Yeah! WRONG! In fact, there are even examples that use different times of day, such as: • Night club Being the Story of What Happened When Buck Peters, Hopalong Cassidy, and Their Bar-20 Associates Went to Montana, With the phrase “good night” do you have to use an apostrophe before the word “night” if you are to omit the use of “good?”. I like it, and so do it!). This is a good night to go fishing! The answer I’ve settled on is that it should still be two words in the example you gave, and my reasoning is much the same as it is for making “good night” two words in other situations. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. is strictly prohibited. Luckily, the Internet has had enough common sense to mock this phenomenon since at least 2010. There is NOTHING backing up your blanket, unfounded assumption that writing it as goodnight, is wrong. ( Log Out /
The phrase good morning has evolved from good morrow, a term used in the 1600s. Here are several shortlists with some of the most common examples of saying hello. Fix it up, dont concentrate on her, and make yourself better. In contrast, “Have a good night”, is 2 words. • Yo. I’m sure I am.
While these forms are really informal, you can sometimes find them in books, such as this one or this one. Why is that one word? Of course, using two words applies here as well, but some confusion might actually emerge. The fact is, goodnight is properly written as goodnight, good night, AND good-night with the hyphen (Random House Unabridged Dictionary). should be two words. Language could go one way or it could go another, but whichever way it goes, it should be consistent. Thus, bye cannot grammatically stand on its own—unless used in the aforementioned manner of a shortened form of goodbye.
Hell, even chess can’t be put in a box full of rules, although people like you try to put it there. They’re granting too much power to the masses, who have little training in these matters, and not giving enough consideration to consistency and structure. Not only do you fail to do simple fact checks before bloviating, ENDLESSLY, about subjects you’re ignorant about, you apparently suffer from extremely low self-esteem as well. You will find plenty of examples in the English language where two or more words are used as one, e.g. Spelling Greetings 101: Goodnight or Good Night?
night/goodnight isn't the same as bye/goodbye. Texting is known for its emotional misinterpretation. • G’day, mate. You’re just as unyielding in your opinion as I am in mine, so that must make you bullheaded, as well. Goodnight! Hahhaa I’ve had a lot of fun reading these comments haha. I’m not going to be arrogant and say I’m smarter or wiser than the people at Oxford, but I’m not sure why you’re holding them up as being (seemingly) infallible and presuming me to be not in a position to disagree with them.
It modifies the noun and subject of the sentence, which is “night”.
Incorrect: I’m wearing my lucky socks. I want Sparkous to be a positive, fun place that you’ll visit when you need some advice or just want to have fun. Is there a term for using law as the basis of morality? The sad thing is non-native English speakers might read this article and believe what you wrote. You will use them in official letters of correspondence, during business meetings, and even when speaking to strangers. The owner of it will not be notified.
More accurately, it’s used as an interjection. So, you can use this term if you’re describing the late part of a day that was good for you for some reason. I disagree, Max. For example, in the original post, I wrote that I wouldn’t use “goodafternoon” or “goodday,” so I wouldn’t write “goodnight.” Likewise, I wouldn’t write, “They said their ‘goodafternoons'” or “They said their ‘gooddays,'” so I wouldn’t write, “They said their ‘goodnights. The English language has many instances of two words getting pushed together into one, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. You’re just another internet bully, who, know matter which sources, or how many people prove them wrong, continue to argue against all reason and logic. Most likely, you’ll be on the right path. Let me elaborate, at night when you’re either on the phone, in person, text, or email, you can say, “Goodnight. Erickpiller properly commented that one should be consistent in which form one chooses in a single document. What is the difference between the two of them? "Good night, sweetheart", he said, looking deeply into her eyes, sounds much better than "night, y'all", he said to the family. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. • What’s new? So, what are you to make of goodnight and good night? “Good afternoon” is a salutation, yet it’s not spelled as one word. Naturally, some of the reasoning behind that is rather poor, and I laid it out a little earlier. And Urban Dictionary lists both nite and 'nite. Real life conversation is the most reliable way to read peoples true emotion. Dobromir Antonov
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I’ve never had a strong opinion on cannot vs. can not, never given it any extensive thought. My fiancees kid doesn't want to leave.
Before you decide whether to use goodnight or good night, you need to focus on why you use that little adjective good in the first place.
The explanation: Try thinking of it this way: Would you ever use goodmorning, goodafternoon, goodday, or goodevening? Yeah! WRONG! In fact, there are even examples that use different times of day, such as: • Night club Being the Story of What Happened When Buck Peters, Hopalong Cassidy, and Their Bar-20 Associates Went to Montana, With the phrase “good night” do you have to use an apostrophe before the word “night” if you are to omit the use of “good?”. I like it, and so do it!). This is a good night to go fishing! The answer I’ve settled on is that it should still be two words in the example you gave, and my reasoning is much the same as it is for making “good night” two words in other situations. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. is strictly prohibited. Luckily, the Internet has had enough common sense to mock this phenomenon since at least 2010. There is NOTHING backing up your blanket, unfounded assumption that writing it as goodnight, is wrong. ( Log Out /
The phrase good morning has evolved from good morrow, a term used in the 1600s. Here are several shortlists with some of the most common examples of saying hello. Fix it up, dont concentrate on her, and make yourself better. In contrast, “Have a good night”, is 2 words. • Yo. I’m sure I am.
While these forms are really informal, you can sometimes find them in books, such as this one or this one. Why is that one word? Of course, using two words applies here as well, but some confusion might actually emerge. The fact is, goodnight is properly written as goodnight, good night, AND good-night with the hyphen (Random House Unabridged Dictionary). should be two words. Language could go one way or it could go another, but whichever way it goes, it should be consistent. Thus, bye cannot grammatically stand on its own—unless used in the aforementioned manner of a shortened form of goodbye.
Hell, even chess can’t be put in a box full of rules, although people like you try to put it there. They’re granting too much power to the masses, who have little training in these matters, and not giving enough consideration to consistency and structure. Not only do you fail to do simple fact checks before bloviating, ENDLESSLY, about subjects you’re ignorant about, you apparently suffer from extremely low self-esteem as well. You will find plenty of examples in the English language where two or more words are used as one, e.g. Spelling Greetings 101: Goodnight or Good Night?
night/goodnight isn't the same as bye/goodbye. Texting is known for its emotional misinterpretation. • G’day, mate. You’re just as unyielding in your opinion as I am in mine, so that must make you bullheaded, as well. Goodnight! Hahhaa I’ve had a lot of fun reading these comments haha. I’m not going to be arrogant and say I’m smarter or wiser than the people at Oxford, but I’m not sure why you’re holding them up as being (seemingly) infallible and presuming me to be not in a position to disagree with them.
It modifies the noun and subject of the sentence, which is “night”.
Incorrect: I’m wearing my lucky socks. I want Sparkous to be a positive, fun place that you’ll visit when you need some advice or just want to have fun. Is there a term for using law as the basis of morality? The sad thing is non-native English speakers might read this article and believe what you wrote. You will use them in official letters of correspondence, during business meetings, and even when speaking to strangers. The owner of it will not be notified.
More accurately, it’s used as an interjection. So, you can use this term if you’re describing the late part of a day that was good for you for some reason. I disagree, Max. For example, in the original post, I wrote that I wouldn’t use “goodafternoon” or “goodday,” so I wouldn’t write “goodnight.” Likewise, I wouldn’t write, “They said their ‘goodafternoons'” or “They said their ‘gooddays,'” so I wouldn’t write, “They said their ‘goodnights. The English language has many instances of two words getting pushed together into one, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. You’re just another internet bully, who, know matter which sources, or how many people prove them wrong, continue to argue against all reason and logic. Most likely, you’ll be on the right path. Let me elaborate, at night when you’re either on the phone, in person, text, or email, you can say, “Goodnight. Erickpiller properly commented that one should be consistent in which form one chooses in a single document. What is the difference between the two of them? "Good night, sweetheart", he said, looking deeply into her eyes, sounds much better than "night, y'all", he said to the family. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. • What’s new? So, what are you to make of goodnight and good night? “Good afternoon” is a salutation, yet it’s not spelled as one word. Naturally, some of the reasoning behind that is rather poor, and I laid it out a little earlier. And Urban Dictionary lists both nite and 'nite. Real life conversation is the most reliable way to read peoples true emotion. Dobromir Antonov
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I’ve never had a strong opinion on cannot vs. can not, never given it any extensive thought. My fiancees kid doesn't want to leave.
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Editor’s Note: The following post can also be viewed at Jason Drexler’s new blog, Elements of English, which is dedicated to dissecting various features and idiosyncrasies of the English language. As icing on the cake, goodnight is allowed in all THREE spelling dictionaries of the major smartphone operating systems: Windows Phone 8.1, iOS 8, as well as Android. The other, more common argument for using goodnight is the fact that you can end up with a misplaced modifier. • How are you feeling? Fact is, something either is correct or it is not. • Bruh… Dude, relax. Why is the Economist model so sure Trump is going to lose compared to other models? As you might guess, this is the name of a job file that runs in the evening after business hours. Am I bullheaded? What specific factor(s) made Thomas Watson, Jr. (of IBM) so enthusiastic about early electronics? Starting to get the picture?
• Hiya! The problem is that you're looking for issues where there are none. • Well, hello! Does the 18th century contraction “on't” survive phonologically in English today? If and when you use it in this context, you will definitely avoid fusing good night into a single word. •. Honestly, I think "night" vs "goodnight" is just a personal preference. And goodnight stands. This video is unavailable. You cannot reason your way through English. Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience. And ‘goodbye’ is indeed a one-word contraction and twist–of the original phrase, ‘God be with ye’.
Before you decide whether to use goodnight or good night, you need to focus on why you use that little adjective good in the first place.
The explanation: Try thinking of it this way: Would you ever use goodmorning, goodafternoon, goodday, or goodevening? Yeah! WRONG! In fact, there are even examples that use different times of day, such as: • Night club Being the Story of What Happened When Buck Peters, Hopalong Cassidy, and Their Bar-20 Associates Went to Montana, With the phrase “good night” do you have to use an apostrophe before the word “night” if you are to omit the use of “good?”. I like it, and so do it!). This is a good night to go fishing! The answer I’ve settled on is that it should still be two words in the example you gave, and my reasoning is much the same as it is for making “good night” two words in other situations. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. is strictly prohibited. Luckily, the Internet has had enough common sense to mock this phenomenon since at least 2010. There is NOTHING backing up your blanket, unfounded assumption that writing it as goodnight, is wrong. ( Log Out /
The phrase good morning has evolved from good morrow, a term used in the 1600s. Here are several shortlists with some of the most common examples of saying hello. Fix it up, dont concentrate on her, and make yourself better. In contrast, “Have a good night”, is 2 words. • Yo. I’m sure I am.
While these forms are really informal, you can sometimes find them in books, such as this one or this one. Why is that one word? Of course, using two words applies here as well, but some confusion might actually emerge. The fact is, goodnight is properly written as goodnight, good night, AND good-night with the hyphen (Random House Unabridged Dictionary). should be two words. Language could go one way or it could go another, but whichever way it goes, it should be consistent. Thus, bye cannot grammatically stand on its own—unless used in the aforementioned manner of a shortened form of goodbye.
Hell, even chess can’t be put in a box full of rules, although people like you try to put it there. They’re granting too much power to the masses, who have little training in these matters, and not giving enough consideration to consistency and structure. Not only do you fail to do simple fact checks before bloviating, ENDLESSLY, about subjects you’re ignorant about, you apparently suffer from extremely low self-esteem as well. You will find plenty of examples in the English language where two or more words are used as one, e.g. Spelling Greetings 101: Goodnight or Good Night?
night/goodnight isn't the same as bye/goodbye. Texting is known for its emotional misinterpretation. • G’day, mate. You’re just as unyielding in your opinion as I am in mine, so that must make you bullheaded, as well. Goodnight! Hahhaa I’ve had a lot of fun reading these comments haha. I’m not going to be arrogant and say I’m smarter or wiser than the people at Oxford, but I’m not sure why you’re holding them up as being (seemingly) infallible and presuming me to be not in a position to disagree with them.
It modifies the noun and subject of the sentence, which is “night”.
Incorrect: I’m wearing my lucky socks. I want Sparkous to be a positive, fun place that you’ll visit when you need some advice or just want to have fun. Is there a term for using law as the basis of morality? The sad thing is non-native English speakers might read this article and believe what you wrote. You will use them in official letters of correspondence, during business meetings, and even when speaking to strangers. The owner of it will not be notified.
More accurately, it’s used as an interjection. So, you can use this term if you’re describing the late part of a day that was good for you for some reason. I disagree, Max. For example, in the original post, I wrote that I wouldn’t use “goodafternoon” or “goodday,” so I wouldn’t write “goodnight.” Likewise, I wouldn’t write, “They said their ‘goodafternoons'” or “They said their ‘gooddays,'” so I wouldn’t write, “They said their ‘goodnights. The English language has many instances of two words getting pushed together into one, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. You’re just another internet bully, who, know matter which sources, or how many people prove them wrong, continue to argue against all reason and logic. Most likely, you’ll be on the right path. Let me elaborate, at night when you’re either on the phone, in person, text, or email, you can say, “Goodnight. Erickpiller properly commented that one should be consistent in which form one chooses in a single document. What is the difference between the two of them? "Good night, sweetheart", he said, looking deeply into her eyes, sounds much better than "night, y'all", he said to the family. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. • What’s new? So, what are you to make of goodnight and good night? “Good afternoon” is a salutation, yet it’s not spelled as one word. Naturally, some of the reasoning behind that is rather poor, and I laid it out a little earlier. And Urban Dictionary lists both nite and 'nite. Real life conversation is the most reliable way to read peoples true emotion. Dobromir Antonov
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I’ve never had a strong opinion on cannot vs. can not, never given it any extensive thought. My fiancees kid doesn't want to leave.
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