[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?
>
> I also may be wrong, but it seems I have seen examples of it in

Chaucer

But maybe Chaucer is also wrong?

>and
> (to even further back, if we want to keep to English) in Beowulf.

He worked nights too.


Torsten