编辑同志:贵刊1999年第四期44页“咬文嚼字”栏目中,谈到“凌晨”用法问题。作者雷露春先生自认为大家都在错.对“凌晨”一词从中央到地方报刊都在误用.笔者认为这一说法极需商榷。“凌晨”通俗地说是指头天夜里24时一过“而离天亮还有较长一段时间”——这就是“凌晨”的原义。一般一天的4时多、5时都称为清晨,极少 Editor’s Comrade: The Fourth Issue of 1999 In the section “Bite the Word,” we talked about the usage of law in the early morning hours. The author, Mr. Lu Lichun, thinks that everyone is wrong, and misunderstood the term “early morning” from the central government to local newspapers and magazines. In the wee hours, it generally refers to the first day at 24 o’clock in the evening and a long time before dawn - this is the original meaning of “early morning”. The usual day 4 o’clock, 5 o’clock are called early morning, very few