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ROBINDESBOIS
April 18, 2013, 05:39 AM
In mid morning or at midmorning?
poli
April 18, 2013, 10:32 AM
Mid-morning is how I would write it.
Perikles
April 18, 2013, 11:47 AM
Mid-morning is how I would write it.BNC has mid-morning 99, midmorning 7. On the other hand, we have midtown, midweek, midwinter, midsummer. midstream, midterm, and of course midwife which has nothing to do with it. :D:thinking:
JPablo
April 18, 2013, 12:28 PM
Okay, and what about the preposition? "In" or "at"?

(We also have midfield, midday and midnight...)

Is a "midwife" perhaps "a wife occupying a middle place or position"?
And if so... (just kidding!)
Perikles
April 18, 2013, 01:01 PM
Is a "midwife" perhaps "a wife occupying a middle place or position"? It's cognate with German mit + Weib, the woman who is with (the woman giving birth)
JPablo
April 18, 2013, 01:28 PM
Thank you, Perikles!
Premium
April 18, 2013, 02:44 PM
mit + weib

:d :d
ROBINDESBOIS
April 20, 2013, 03:41 PM
Nobody answered my question do we use in or at in front of it?
Rusty
April 20, 2013, 04:23 PM
at midday
at midnight
ROBINDESBOIS
April 20, 2013, 06:15 PM
Likewise with midmorning?
At midmorning.
Rusty
April 20, 2013, 09:43 PM
Likewise with midmorning?
At midmorning.Yes, if midmorning is the object of the preposition.

English nouns can modify a noun. Such a noun is known as an adjunct. When midday, midnight or midmorning acts as an adjunct, it is then possible to use the preposition in. For example:

In midday traffic, the trip to the zoo takes twenty minutes longer.
I drove in midmorning fog to get to the airport.
ROBINDESBOIS
April 21, 2013, 01:27 AM
Can I say I usually have breakfast in midmorning? It doesnt sound right to me, I have breakfast in the middle of the morning????
Perikles
April 21, 2013, 02:14 AM
Can I say I usually have breakfast in midmorning:bad:? It doesnt sound right to me, I have breakfast in the middle of the morning:bad:????You could say it, but it sounds incorrect :D. Presumably because it is not a precise time, far too vague.

I don't think you can use mid-morning. How about

I have a very late breakfast
I have brunch

brunch is an almost accepted and known portmanteau word from breakfast + lunch, which is half-way between the two.
ROBINDESBOIS
April 22, 2013, 05:15 AM
You could say it, but it sounds incorrect :D. Presumably because it is not a precise time, far too vague.

I don't think you can use mid-morning. How about

I have a very late breakfast
I have brunch

brunch is an almost accepted and known portmanteau word from breakfast + lunch, which is half-way between the two.

I make my bed in the middle of the morning?
poli
April 22, 2013, 02:26 PM
Can I say I usually have breakfast in midmorning? It doesnt sound right to me, I have breakfast in the middle of the morning????
In this case at mid-morning sounds better to me, but in the mid-morning is best.
tk421
April 22, 2013, 03:13 PM
Can I say I usually have breakfast in around midmorning? It doesnt sound right to me, I have breakfast in the middle of the morning????:good:

You can say all sorts in any language.
These would be understood i am not sure why they would ever be used, maybe this is why they sound odd because they are never used.