- Does the term within 7 days mean include the 7th day?
There's also the perennial question of whether the last day ends on the multiple of 24 hours from the time when the deadline was given, if it means midnight of that day, or closing time of that day, or what And does "7 days" mean 7 calendar days, or 7 business days? Etc
- Why is today morning wrong but tomorrow morning right?
I think it is a good question When there is yesterday morning and tomorrow morning, why have an exception for this morning (which means today's morning)? Yes, idiom, but I actually do like idiomatic extensions like these - as long as everybody knows what is meant and no grammar or semantic rules are violated
- prepositions - Does until [date] mean before that date? - English . . .
What does until mean in the following? You need to deliver this product within 2 days (until August 18, 2011) to meet your deadline and get paid Does this mean that I have to deliver the produ
- How to address today and the following 9 days
Would you think "the next 10 days" includes today? If not, would there be a clearer way to put it, to refer to today and the following 9 days?
- I havent been sleeping vs I havent slept - English Language Usage . . .
I've been awake for 3 days I want to paraphrase this sentence: I haven't been sleeping for 3 days I haven't slept for 3 days Do these sentences have the same meaning ? Thank you
- past tense - “Have you seen. . . ” or “Did you see. . . ?” - English Language . . .
Have you seen Michael today? Have you seen Michael in the last 3 days 3 years 30 years? These phrases are all correct "Did" cannot apply: it is used for a "remote" past: one that is "detached" from this time, day, week, etc Did you see Michael this morning? (now it is the afternoon) Did you see Michael yesterday last week last year 20 years ago? These phrases are all correct "Have
- history - When did consumption become tuberculosis? - English . . .
Consumption was not an uncommon illness in those days, and when it developed there was little hope It was a scourge among all classes of society, and the doctors were impotent For most sufferers a diagnosis of tuberculosis was a notice of death" (source: Britannia)
- What is the origin of the phrase in this day and age?
As for ' why not write today?', English has a variety of constructions that it likes to use, and 'in this day and age' is one of them 'Today' also feels flat compared to the full expression, which sort of evokes a feeling of expansive reference to all of what's going on in the world these days
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