[tied] Evening/Night (was Re: The "Mother" Problem)

>
> IN quite a few IE languages (both living and dead) the genitive

is used to

> denote a time period during which actions occurs. English "I

work days"

> meaning "I work during the day".
>
>

I may be wrong, but isn't that use American English?

> This example is of the plural not of the genitive (possessive).
>

It falls nicely into place with German "Ich arbeite nachts",
Dutch "Ik werk 's nachts" (with a non-standard genitive!).
I always felt it might be an immigrant calque.


Torsten