Пропущен предлог?

[лингвист-самоучка]

В тексте встретилось такое предложение: I`ve asked him to spend Sunday with us and stop the night...

Stop the night ???

[Milanya]

I`ve asked him to spend Sunday with us and stop the night...

Это не предложение, а обрывок.

В тексте встретилось

В каком тексте?[/quote]

[лингвист-самоучка]

Это первое предложение в рассказе: "I`ve asked Latimer Springfield to spend Sunday with us and stop the night, - announced Mrs Durmot at the breakfast-table".

Вот и весь контекст

[Milanya]

In this case, it is probably a mistake. Should it be "stay for the night"?

If you are reading stories online, expect running into lots of errors of different  kinds.

[chaika]

probably oldish english.

stop the night = остановиться  до утра, ночевать

[лингвист-самоучка]

Спасибо за помощь!
Stay for the night - это была бы слишком сильная опечатка.
Скорее всего, chaika, вы правы.

[Milanya]

I am the last one to argue with chaika, but stop the night does not google.

[chaika]

Milanya, I was thinking the phrase was a bit odd, but I figured it must be BrE because the English do talk strangely now and again. Whatever, I would never say "stop the night." =:^0

In AmE we could say "stop over". There is even the noun "stopover". As in: I was flying out to Vancouver last month but my flight was delayed and I missed my connection. I had to stop over in Chicago. Sort of like "layover."

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/stop+over

[nas2000]

'Stop the night' is British. In Califormia they say: "My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night'.

Some British phrases are peculiar indeed. I particularly like 'move house'.

[asil]

I've never come across this phrase in this particular meaning. However, considering that the author is a Scott and lived at the turn of the 20th century, everything seems possible.