
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
'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 the upcoming days' - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Dec 29, 2018 · "In the coming days" is acceptable but probably too formal, I agree with @BoldBen's comment that "In the next few days" is a better choice. "In the next couple of …
'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; …
grammar - In 2-3 days vs Within 2-3 days - English Language
Aug 6, 2014 · If you really wanted to say that something would happen after 100 days and before 200 days you should say it is happening between 100 and 200 days from now. Saying within …
"Nowadays" versus "now days" [closed] - English Language
The Corpus of Contemporary American English does have a few cites for now days, but frankly, just look at the figures yourself: nowadays 3167 now days 7 And here are the figures from the …
Meaning of "by" when used with dates - inclusive or exclusive
Aug 28, 2014 · If, in a contract fr example, the text reads: "X has to finish the work by MM-DD-YYYY", does the "by" include the date or exclude it? In other words, will the work delivered on …
word choice - "In the last 3 months" vs "in the past 3 months ...
Today is Oct. 13, 2010. It can be argued that in the last 3 months would be intuitively understood as the time frame from 8/13/2010 to 10/12/2010, while in the past three months would mean …
range inclusion - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Oct 1, 2019 · The phrasing "on leave from X till Y" can be misinterpreted to mean that Y will be your first day back at work, so I wouldn't use option 3 without adding "(inclusive)". Also …
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 …