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- pronouns - This summer versus last summer - English Language . . .
5 Change "this" to "last" when the year changes On January 1, say "last summer" for Summer 2012 Until then, keep using "this summer"
- last summer or the last summer? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
1 "Did you have a holiday last summer?" asks did you have a holiday in the previous summer "Did you have a holiday in the last summer?" asks did you have a holiday in the last summer (implying that there will be no more summers)
- How to use summers ago - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
However: Last summer is the most recent complete summer, similar to "yesterday" being the most recent complete day You call the day before yesterday "two days ago", right? So the summer before last summer (2010) is two summers ago, and the one before that (2009) is three summers ago Please tell me you are in the Northern Hemisphere, by the way
- capitalization - Are particular seasons proper nouns? - English . . .
By contrast, last summer is a more ephemeral concept - last year it was this summer, and by next year it'll need far more words to identify exactly which one we're talking about In such usages, the name of the season behaves more like a pronoun - we capitalise John, but not the more generic he (unless "He" is [a] God)
- Can we say: The summer has been over for a recently finished event?
The summer has been pleasant rainy slipping away from us, but in the present tense over must refer to a past punctual event, not a duration, which is what the present perfect would require
- During summer vs. during the summer - English Language Usage . . .
Yeah, I don't have time to relax during summer break I work during the summer However, this phrase may also take on the meaning that one works during the summer, as well as during winter, fall, and spring On the other hand I work during summer usually only implies that one is already working, and keeps working during the summer period
- Titles of movie - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Why normally in movie title prepositions are removed? for exemplo: "I know what you did last summer" shouldn't be "I know what you did in the last summer "
- Went to vs have been to - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
If you are specifying a particular point in time: "I went to New York and LA last week " makes sense, whereas "I have been to New York and LA last week " doesn't Summary "have been to" = indefinite, previous time "went to" = some particular time (inferrable from context)
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