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- 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
- 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?
- Precise meaning of Last N days, weeks, months or years
0 Today is Monday Last week is strictly the period of seven days ending at midnight on Sunday and the last two weeks is strictly the period of fourteen days ending at midnight on Sunday No one would refer to anything occurring today, yesterday or the day before as taking place last week or in the last two weeks I wouldn't worry about it
- time - how to express period until event - English Language Usage . . .
So let's say today is Monday and there will be a party on Friday How should I say when the party is: the party is in 3 days or the party is in 4 days? Also, is this sequence of time periods c
- 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
- 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 July, August, and September
- etymology - Is nowadays the same as today? - English Language . . .
today (adverb) 1 on this present day: I will do it today 2 at the present time; in these days: Today you seldom see horses So the second meaning of "today" is more-or-less identical to "nowadays", but that's not the meaning you want when you're trying to say you approve of something
- 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
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