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What the different - My favorite time of "A"/"THE" day? In my opinion 1.My favorite time of "A" day. e,g. In general, everyday morning is the person's favorite time. 2.My favorite time of"THE" day? Does it mean until now there is only the moment of the specific one day which is the person's favorite time? Please help me correct any mistakes you find.

Apr 24, 2019 7:24 AM

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It is unusual to to say 'time of a day'. I can't recall ever having heard anyone say that. We normally say 'time of the day' or simply 'time of day' to refer to a time in general. If someone said "Morning is my favourite time of the day", this would mean mornings in general.

April 24, 2019

We only say "my favourite time of the day". You can even omit the article and just say "my favourite time of day is...". It's a set phrase. "e,g. In general, everyday morning is the person's favorite time." = e.g., in general, every day the morning is the person's favourite time"

April 24, 2019

Just to be clear, you cannot say "my favorite time of a lifetime" At least I hope not. And of course for your other questions, you don't need "of the xxx" My favorite day (of the week) is Monday. My favorite month (of the year) is January. My favorite season (of the year) is winter.

April 24, 2019

Like A day= any day, what is your favorite thing to do on A day. The day= of that specific day(monday, tuesday, wednesday..) specific

April 24, 2019

Thank you for your reply, Does the rule also apply other cases? Like: My favorite day of "THE" week/"THE" year/"THE" lifetime, instead of using "A" week/"A" year. My original thought is that using "A" means it could be a random day/week/year. "The" means the time is special. And after your help, I know there is a new usage.

April 24, 2019

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