
meaning - Past few days or the past few days? - English Language ...
Oct 23, 2018 · "I have been feeling good for the past few days. " and " I have been feeling good since yesterday." Which one is grammatically correct? And why we use "the" past few days?
"Vacation days" or "days off" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Oct 24, 2011 · In most organizations, vacation days are usable at the employee's discretion, up to a certain yearly limit. Days off is a more informal phrase that includes a variety of kinds of paid-not-to …
adverbs - The variations of in/for the last few days - English Language ...
Jan 18, 2015 · This same question was recently asked by you on English Language Learners wasn't it? I believe the answer there was that none of them are correct because all of them should say, "the …
Logical meaning of "within 30 days" compared to "in 30 or fewer days ...
Apr 29, 2015 · I would read the first as referring to a deadline, the second referring to a total accumulation of days spent. For example, "This project must be finished within 30 days" is different …
time - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Sep 16, 2022 · The potential ambiguity is because in "within 10 days before the flight", the following noun phrase "10 days before the flight" has a form that would generally cause it to be interpreted as …
'In the upcoming days' - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Dec 29, 2018 · In Australian English, "in the upcoming days" sounds strange. "In the coming days" is acceptable but probably too formal, I agree with @BoldBen's comment that "In the next few days" is …
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.
In 2-3 days vs Within 2-3 days - English Language & Usage Stack …
Aug 6, 2014 · In 100-200 days means that it will happen no sooner than 100 days from now and no later than 200 days. Within 100-200 days means it could happen any time between now and 200 days, …
word choice - What are the abbreviations for days of the week ...
It will be used in a tabular data program to show information about free work days of employed and each column can't have enought space to include full week day name. For "common form" I mean, what …
Why are days of the week proper nouns?
Aug 18, 2010 · In Spanish or Italian the days of the week, the names of the months, and the names of the seasons are not capitalised. However, the Real Academia Española doesn't say they are not PN. …