- 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
- As on 16 May vs. as of 16 May — which is correct?
They are both correct for different situations For example, As on 16 May, he again failed to arrive at work on time and As of 16 May he will have worked here for a full year
- Im well vs. Im good vs. Im doing well, etc
The greeting How are you? is asking How are you doing in general? — How are you? I'm well [Misunderstood the question ] because well as an adjective which means: in good health especially a
- 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)
- 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
Collins concurs: up to, on, or from (a specified time) Most dictionaries give the first two senses as listed by Wikipedia, but Garner [A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage; Bryan A Garner] disagrees: But as of now does not mean 'at present'; rather it means 'up to the present time' [It] is today totally unobjectionable in AmE
- Nowadays vs today - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
14 Nowadays and today are both perfectly acceptable You could also say these days, in recent times and at present or presently If your teacher prefers that you don't use nowadays I would follow her instructions just because there are so many alternatives and she is the one grading your paper
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