
Two days "is" or "are"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jun 18, 2017 · Is if you're treating the two days as a single length of time; are if you're treating them as multiple lengths of time. – Lawrence Commented Jun 18, 2017 at 15:32
What's the difference between "day" and "date"?
a unit of time (e.g., this task would take 2 days to complete). A date on the other hand usually has the month and the year along with the day: the 21st February 2011. It also has a fixed quality I …
"I remember the day where" vs. "I remember the day when"
Jul 16, 2012 · As the other answerers suggested, the day when seems to be very common. In most cases both the day when and the day where refer to time, not place; but the day where is …
synonyms - One word substitutions for number of days? - English ...
Leap year is 366 days. Quarter is 3 months and one fourth of a year. Archaic sennight (sevennight) was just another word for week, as well as hebdomad (more facetious than …
Does the term "within 7 days" mean include the 7th day?
But people often take today to be the first day of the count, so if on Monday someone says "within 3 days" they are thinking day 1=today, Monday; day 2=Tuesday, day 3=Wednesday. There's …
What is the difference between: "two-day" and "two days"
" two days' " is a possessive form ("an auction of two days"). First variant is more common to use. Share.
'Gone are the days when ... ' Is this expression often used?
Jan 21, 2019 · Gone are the days when you waited six weeks to close on an assignment of a performing large liquid loan. Gone are the days when a school or institution could count on …
'in' vs. 'on' for dates - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Mar 31, 2015 · Dates are reported in English as being in large units like century, decade, era, epoch, period, etc, and also parts of a day -- morning, afternoon, evening; on individual days; …
Origin and usage of "day of" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Jun 20, 2020 · There is an expression I have heard used many times in conversational U.S. English but cannot recall ever seeing in writing: day of as an adverb, omitting the object of the …
word choice - What are the abbreviations for days of the week ...
I would like to know if there is a common abbreviation for days of the week in a two letter form. I mean: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; can be …