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- 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
- Meaning of within in this sentence:The form must be filled out . . .
The form must be filled out within 10 days before the flight Fill out the Entry Form within 10 days before your flight What is the meaning of within in these sentences? Is it before 10 days before the flight? or Is it after 10 days before the flight? I e 8 days or 5 days or even 1 day before the flight is ok (even the same day as the flight)?
- 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
- How to address today and the following 9 days
Would you think "the next 10 days" includes today? If not, would there be a clearer way to put it, to refer to today and the following 9 days?
- How should a month and ten days from now be interpreted?
The most natural thing to do would be to take them in the order specified So first go a month from today, and then go 10 days This goes to March 30th As a general presumption, take the operations in the order specified What is a month and 10 days from May 31st? A month from May 31st is June 30th, and the extra 10 days brings us to July 10th
- What is the meaning of within next two days? [duplicate]
Hence, if within two working days were said on a Thursday, it would probably mean before the end of Monday In conclusion, the expression within the next two days does not have an exact meaning, but most commonly means before the end of the day after tomorrow If in doubt, check with the person who said it
- no not later than? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I often use Google hit counts as a rough measure of how valid an expression is In the case of " no later than" vs " not later than", Google finds 25 vs 12 million hits, indicating that both forms are probably ok One secondary source I found claims that the first is colloquial, while the second is mostly used in documents of an official nature (this would explain why it is common, but not as
- Can you say within 90 days after? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I understand that you can say, "within 30 days of receiving your application", but I am seeing more and more "within 30 days after your application is received" Is the latter grammatical?
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