I have a flight tomorrow to leave for France.
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It will leave at 9.45 a.m. tomorrow morning.
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It will leave tomorrow morning at 9.45 a.m.
Which is the correct sentence?
adverb-positionword-order
I have a flight tomorrow to leave for France.
It will leave at 9.45 a.m. tomorrow morning.
It will leave tomorrow morning at 9.45 a.m.
Which is the correct sentence?
Best Answer
Both sentences are 'correct' but typically when there are multiple time adverbs in the same utterance the more specific comes before the less specific.
At 9.45 is a more specific time than tomorrow morning so this typically comes first:
Collins Cobuild English Grammar (p266) in the section ordering of time expressions states:
The alternative word order:
is just as grammatical, and may be preferred if 'tomorrow morning' is the more important information than the clock time.