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The sky at night/ Help me out with this please. #1 (permalink) Tue Nov 01, 2011 23:17 pm   The sky at night/ Help me out with this please.
 

Hi everyone

Can you say: 'It was a bright night sky.'?/ A bright sky night seems very odd.

What do you think
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The sky at night/ Help me out with this please. #2 (permalink) Tue Nov 01, 2011 23:22 pm   The sky at night/ Help me out with this please.
 

Yes, you can say that.
It indicates a lot of moonlight (probably from a full moon) and lots of stars.
'It was a cloudless night sky' would probably be a less confusing option.
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The sky at night/ Help me out with this please. #3 (permalink) Tue Nov 01, 2011 23:43 pm   The sky at night/ Help me out with this please.
 

Thanks Beeesneees, as usual. I remember the song of Abba, Fernando.

The lyrics goes as follows: 'Can you hear the drums Fernando?'
'I remember long ago another starry night like this.'

I'm not going to write down the complete lyrics, but is 'Starry night' also possible?

'Bright sky night' doesn't seem so natural to me. I hope my intuition is right?

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The sky at night/ Help me out with this please. #4 (permalink) Wed Nov 02, 2011 0:35 am   The sky at night/ Help me out with this please.
 

'starry night' is very common, but doesn't necessarily mean the same as bright as a moonless starry night is unlikely to be very bright.

'bright sky night' is incorrect.
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