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- In 2-3 days vs Within 2-3 days - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In 100-200 days means that it will happen no sooner than 100 days from now and no later than 200 days Within 100-200 days means it could happen any time between now and 200 days, but most likely fall between the 100th and 200th day Within within (wɪˈðɪn) prep in; inside; enclosed or encased by before (a period of time) has elapsed: within
- Whats the correct way to format a date range, time range, and days of . . .
I'd like to write the date and time for an event that runs for one week Currently I have: June 3-7, 2013, 8:30am-5:30pm; Monday-Friday Is this stylistically acceptable? Is there a better way?
- 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 are the abbreviations that is more used in programs
- Correct plural form of a noun preceded by zero
Days are discussed in fractions somewhat more frequently than beans, especially in project estimating - "making that change will add half a day to the schedule", for example If talking in decimals, though, we'd be more likely to say "0 5 days " That suggests that there's a grammatical distinction between using traditional and decimal fractions
- meaning - Past few days or the past few days? - English Language . . .
So when we say 'the past few days' we mean the complete set of 'past few days', not just some of them, and which means this time phrase matches the tense Do we use the phrase 'past few days' on its own? Highly unlikely, it lacks a sense of which days
- 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
- writing - How to write date range succinctly and unambiguously in . . .
Otherwise, I feel that "5 12 - 7 21, 2012" is succinct and attractive If you want days of the week, "Mon 5 12 - Fri 7 21, 2012" is OK If that looks bad to you, throw some commas after Mon and Fri If it still looks bad, there's simply no pleasing you Long live American date format!
- 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?
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