- Is it proper grammar to say on today and on tomorrow?
In my town, people with PhD's in education use the terms, "on today" and "on tomorrow " I have never heard this usage before Every time I hear them say it, I wonder if it is correct to use the wor
- Grammatical term for words like yesterday, today, tomorrow
The 2002 reference grammar by Huddleston and Pullum et al , The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, would consider words like yesterday, today, tonight, and tomorrow as pronouns (specifically, deictic temporal pronouns) Related info is in CGEL pages 429, 564-5
- word choice - Today afternoon vs Today in the afternoon? - English . . .
Neither are clauses, but "today in the afternoon" is grammatical (adverbial phrase of time), while "today afternoon" is not I would also suggest "this afternoon" as a more succinct and idiomatic alternative to "today in the afternoon"
- Understanding as of, as at, and as from
No, "as of" can mean both - 1) As of today, only three survivors have been found 2) As of today, all passengers must check their luggage before boarding the plane
- A 17th century colloquial term for children, in the way we use kids today
I'm looking for a A 17th century colloquial term for children, in the way we use 'kids' today The best I've yet found is striplings, which seems to connote male teens more specifically, or possibly
- Today Was vs Today Is - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Today means "the current day", so if you're asking what day of the week it is, it can only be in present tense, since it's still that day for the whole 24 hours In other contexts, it's okay to say, for example, "Today has been a nice day" nearer the end of the day, when the events that made it a nice day are finished (or at least, nearly so)
- Is there an abbr. for Up To Today Date like YTD?
While giving a short comment for the report, to describe that the data is counted from the beginning to today It's just like YTD - Year To Day, except that I don't care about the starting date her
- Which is correct? . . . . . as from today or from today onwards
Two other options (in addition to "as from today," "from today," and "effective today") are "beginning today" and "as of today " These may be more U S -idiomatic forms than British-idiomatic forms (the two "from" options have a British English sound to me, although "effective today" does not); but all five options are grammatically faultless, I believe
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