- Logical meaning of within 30 days compared to in 30 or fewer days . . .
Within 30 days means within any duration of time less than or equal to 30 days (measured from some starting point) The following would all meet the requirement of within 30 days: 1 day, 3 14159265358979 days, 29 days, 29 1 2 days, 29 314159265358979 days Within 30 days or less means exactly the same thing as within 30 days That is, the
- 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
- adverbs - The variations of in for the last few days - English Language . . .
Yes, "past few days" does not usually include today, whereas "last few" typically does But the tense of the verb has more influence, so "have been unable for the past few days" might be understood the same as "have been unable for the last few days "; i e , as including today
- In the upcoming days - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"In the coming days" is acceptable but probably too formal, I agree with @BoldBen's comment that "In the next few days" is a better choice "In the next couple of days" also works, and arguably implies a slightly shorter time frame (the next few days could be 1-4 days, whereas the next couple of days probably means 2-3 days)
- 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)
- 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
- Two days is or are? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 – Lawrence Commented Jun 18, 2017 at 15:32
- word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Care should be taken to keep to Orwell's second rule unless one has a good reason not to Perhaps 'the remainder of the holidays' and 'the rest of the holidays' suggest different things - one week remaining, and three occasional days left this year –
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