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- difference - In the day vs. in the daytime - English Language . . .
The word "daytime" normally refers either to the hours of daylight, or the "usable" part of a person's day when they are not resting In your specific example though, the word "day" is qualified by stating it is the period of time where there no mosquitos
- word combination: weekday daytime or daytime weekdays
(1) I have a job during weekday daytime, not weeknights (2) I have a job during quot;daytime weekdays quot;, not weeknights Which one is correct?
- Are night and nighttime the same and day and daytime the same?
" In the day " and " during the day " are the same as " in during the daytime " They all say that something happens regularly during the time between dawn and sunset:
- word usage - (weekday daytime) and (weekend daytime) - English Language . . .
(1b) During the weekend daytime, Mary takes care of her children (1c) On weekends, Mary takes care of her children during the daytime (2b) During the weekday daytime, Jack has a part-time job (2c) On weekdays, Jack has a part-time job during the daytime I'm not sure if it's correct to say either "weekday daytime" and "weekend daytime"
- ambiguity - Is until inclusive or exclusive? - English Language . . .
tl; dr - It's exclusive if the situation described is notable by its absence It's likely to be inclusive if the situation described is notable by its presence At its heart, until describes when the transition happens If you say " X until [time] ", you mean that X becomes not-X on [time] The problem comes, as you note, when [time] is a span of time (like a whole day) rather than an
- What does the line So long and thanks for all the fish! mean?
"So long and thanks for all the fish" is the title of the fourth book from the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" tetralogy Used in a message it is just a humourous way to say goodbye, calling to mind the leaving of the dolphins from Earth saying thanks for the fish they had gotten
- What is the weather today? or How is the weather today?
There’s also the sarcastic joking “How’s the weather up there?” to comment on how tall someone is (or how’s the weather up there {on your high horse in your ivory tower etc } ) I don’t think “what's the weather” would work as well in that context, because “how” sort of emphasizes the inaccessibility distance from the speaker’s perspective
- grammar - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Why is the sentence quot;You must have drunk something quot; incorrect, but the sentence quot;You must have been drinking quot; correct?
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