Is "yesterday night" acceptable? [duplicate]
I catch a lot of grief about this from family and friends, so I figured I'd settle the score once and for all.
In verbal context (though not written), I tend to use the phrase
... yesterday night...
rather than last night. Is this grammatically correct, regardless of how uncommon it might be?
Solution 1:
I'm not sure it's incorrect strictly speaking, but it triggers some cognitive dissonance because "yesterday" implies day rather than night. Just say "last night" already. ;)
Solution 2:
This is grammatically correct, indeed, assuming:
- You are using it as an adverbial adjunct, as in Yesterday night I went to the movies.
- You believe the word yesterday is a noun (as in Yesterday is over.) functioning as an adjective (just like with yesterday morning).
Then, yesterday night is a valid noun phrase, however awkward. In fact, I find it pretty common! :D