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My brother was saying that is grammatically correct to say he went to sleep at one today because it was after 12 o' clock, but I say it should be he went to sleep at one o' clock yesterday. Which one of us is correct?






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  • I'd say this is strictly a matter of opinion; in the absolute sense, neither of you are more right than the other, because the two points of view are making use of two conflicting definitions of 'day', which are nonetheless both officially correct definitions.

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  • I'd say this is strictly a matter of opinion; in the absolute sense, neither of you are more right than the other, because the two points of view are making use of two conflicting definitions of 'day', which are nonetheless both officially correct definitions.

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  • I'd say this is strictly a matter of opinion; in the absolute sense, neither of you are more right than the other, because the two points of view are making use of two conflicting definitions of 'day', which are nonetheless both officially correct definitions.

    – Ed Grimm
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I'd say this is strictly a matter of opinion; in the absolute sense, neither of you are more right than the other, because the two points of view are making use of two conflicting definitions of 'day', which are nonetheless both officially correct definitions.

– Ed Grimm
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I'd say this is strictly a matter of opinion; in the absolute sense, neither of you are more right than the other, because the two points of view are making use of two conflicting definitions of 'day', which are nonetheless both officially correct definitions.

– Ed Grimm
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This is not a matter of grammar but of semantics and idiom. I don't think most native speakers would use either "today" or "yesterday"; we'd say




I went to bed at one o'clock last night or

I went to bed at one o'clock this morning.







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    This is not a matter of grammar but of semantics and idiom. I don't think most native speakers would use either "today" or "yesterday"; we'd say




    I went to bed at one o'clock last night or

    I went to bed at one o'clock this morning.







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      This is not a matter of grammar but of semantics and idiom. I don't think most native speakers would use either "today" or "yesterday"; we'd say




      I went to bed at one o'clock last night or

      I went to bed at one o'clock this morning.







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        This is not a matter of grammar but of semantics and idiom. I don't think most native speakers would use either "today" or "yesterday"; we'd say




        I went to bed at one o'clock last night or

        I went to bed at one o'clock this morning.







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        This is not a matter of grammar but of semantics and idiom. I don't think most native speakers would use either "today" or "yesterday"; we'd say




        I went to bed at one o'clock last night or

        I went to bed at one o'clock this morning.








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