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 archaic) Quarantine is 40 days, though limited in its usage Meteorologists may call 5 days a pentad Catholics had octave for 8 days and still have novena for 9
Whats 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 think I was wondering if there are any other differences between day and date, and when it's correct to choose one over the other By that I mean I
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 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
in vs. on for dates - English Language Usage Stack Exchange 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; and at individual times, plus at night The event occurred in the twentieth century, specifically at 03:43 Greenwich, in the early morning on August tenth, in 1952
grammar - In 2-3 days vs Within 2-3 days - English Language Usage . . . 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 100-200 days is (IMO) asking for someone to misinterpret your meaning, sooner or later Different people will undoubtedly come to either of the same two conclusions you
phrases - Meaning of within 30 days of [a certain date in the future . . . I suspect that the form's author actually meant to say something like "at least 30 days before [a certain date]" However, a literal reading of the statement would suggest that the form must be submitted "sometime during the 30 days before or after [a certain date]"
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 abbreviated as Su, Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa? Is this the common form? Note that I have also seen Sn for Sunday, and some times St for Saturday (but I think less frequently)