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- Today Was vs Today Is - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Today means "the current day", so if you're asking what day of the week it is, it can only be in present tense, since it's still that day for the whole 24 hours In other contexts, it's okay to say, for example, "Today has been a nice day" nearer the end of the day, when the events that made it a nice day are finished (or at least, nearly so)
- Why is today morning wrong but tomorrow morning right?
Why would you say "today morning", if you are speaking in the present? One might argue that the present is the current instant, and not the entire day, therefore to refer to something that happened in the past (in the morning, when talking about it in the evening for example), is not the same as referring to it in the present
- Change from to-day to today - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In old books, people often use the spelling "to-day" instead of "today" When did the change happen? Also, when people wrote "to-day", did they feel, when pronouncing the word, that it contained two
- Is it proper grammar to say on today and on tomorrow?
In my town, people with PhD's in education use the terms, "on today" and "on tomorrow " I have never heard this usage before Every time I hear them say it, I wonder if it is correct to use the wor
- Which is correct? . . . . . as from today or from today onwards
Two other options (in addition to "as from today," "from today," and "effective today") are "beginning today" and "as of today " These may be more U S -idiomatic forms than British-idiomatic forms (the two "from" options have a British English sound to me, although "effective today" does not); but all five options are grammatically faultless, I believe
- Todays assumption or todays assumption — which is valid grammar?
14 We (non native English-speakers) are writing a paper and are wondering if the following construct is valid English: Yesterday's assumption is no longer valid Specifically the apostrophe after yesterday (and likewise in today and tomorrow) brings up some debate Can anyone give a clear answer whether this is proper English?
- word choice - On tomorrow vs. by tomorrow - English Language . . .
The first indicates that the transfer will occur tomorrow exactly The second indicates that the transfer might occur before tomorrow, but will not occur later than tomorrow This is just incorrect: I will transfer the amount on tomorrow You never use the preposition on to govern adverbs such as today or tomorrow
- Can should I put a comma before a phrases time specifier?
For instance, consider the sentence, "I ate lunch today " Is it necessary or acceptable to put a comma before "today?" Generally speaking, some of these time phrases look wrong to me when used wit
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