Mid-morning

[ROBINDESBOIS]

In mid morning or at midmorning?

[poli]

Mid-morning is how I would write it.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by poli

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.

[JPablo]

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]

Originally Posted by JPablo

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]

Thank you, Perikles!

[Premium]

Originally Posted by perikles

mit + weib

:d :d

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Nobody answered my question do we use in or at in front of it?

[Rusty]

at midday
at midnight

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Likewise with midmorning?
At midmorning.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

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]

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]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

Can I say I usually have breakfast in midmorning? It doesnt sound right to me, I have breakfast in the middle of the morning????

You could say it, but it sounds incorrect . 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]

Originally Posted by Perikles

You could say it, but it sounds incorrect . 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]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

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]

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS

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????

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.