- 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
- 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
- Logical meaning of within 30 days compared to in 30 or fewer days . . .
I would read the first as referring to a deadline, the second referring to a total accumulation of days spent For example, "This project must be finished within 30 days" is different than "This project must be finished in 30 days or fewer " - The first establishes a "date" the second just establishes a duration or level of effort
- punctuation - Are y, m, and d the singular and plural . . .
Final question on this Would anybody personally support the punctuation in EVERY example below? The project lasted 2 hours 5 minutes 20 seconds a 2-hour 5-minute 20-second marathon The project lasted 1 year 8 months 3 days a 1-year 8-month 3-day project If we use 'and', I think the following could work without the commas
- abbreviations - Should days be abbreviated when in the context of . . .
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?
- In the upcoming days - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In Australian English, "in the upcoming days" sounds strange "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)
- in vs. on for dates - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Dates are reported in English as being in large units like century, decade, era, epoch, period, etc, and also parts of a day -- morning, afternoon, evening; on individual days; and at individual times, plus at night The event occurred in the twentieth century, specifically at 03:43 Greenwich, in the early morning on August tenth, in 1952
- Meaning of by when used with dates - inclusive or exclusive
As others have specified, the word by is generally synonymous with no later than when referring to a date or time However, it is important to note (and this is why I am adding another answer) that if all you know is "The work must be completed by MM-DD-YYYY", then the exact due date is still ambiguous Without additional information, 'due by MM-DD-YYYY' has a fair chance of meaning: Due at or
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