
synonyms - One word substitutions for number of days? - English ...
Words exist to label periods of time - like week which represents 7 days and fortnight which is used for a 14-day period. Are there other such words used for certain numbers of consecutive days?
What does "day's" mean? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Jan 9, 2014 · The fourth example is the correct interpretation of day's, but with two things to keep in mind. First, in your conclusion you flipped the words around incorrectly *; the journey "belongs to" the …
adverbs - The variations of in/for the last few days - English Language ...
Jan 18, 2015 · This same question was recently asked by you on English Language Learners wasn't it? I believe the answer there was that none of them are correct because all of them should say, "the …
abbreviations - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Sep 26, 2022 · The actual days were represented by Monday Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. A dash was used to mean all days within a range (M-F means "weekdays only"), …
abbreviations - Should "days" be abbreviated when in the context of ...
Jul 26, 2017 · When writing "1 week 3 days," if week is abbreviated to wk., should days also be abbreviated? If so, what should it be abbreviated to?
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.
word choice - What are the abbreviations for days of the week ...
It will be used in a tabular data program to show information about free work days of employed and each column can't have enought space to include full week day name. For "common form" I mean, what …
Why is weekend so called in the U.S., when it is not the end of the ...
Jun 13, 2022 · Even though calendars in the US show Sunday at the beginning of the week, Monday is still generally considered the beginning of the week because of traditional work days.
"Vacation days" or "days off" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Oct 24, 2011 · In most organizations, vacation days are usable at the employee's discretion, up to a certain yearly limit. Days off is a more informal phrase that includes a variety of kinds of paid-not-to …
meaning - Past few days or the past few days? - English Language ...
Oct 23, 2018 · "I have been feeling good for the past few days. " and " I have been feeling good since yesterday." Which one is grammatically correct? And why we use "the" past few days?