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  1. What does "day's" mean? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jan 9, 2014 · The fourth example is the correct interpretation of day's, but with two things to keep in mind. First, in your conclusion you flipped the words around incorrectly *; the journey "belongs to" the …

  2. "Vacation days" or "days off" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Oct 24, 2011 · In most organizations, vacation days are usable at the employee's discretion, up to a certain yearly limit. Days off is a more informal phrase that includes a variety of kinds of paid-not-to …

  3. time - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 16, 2022 · The potential ambiguity is because in "within 10 days before the flight", the following noun phrase "10 days before the flight" has a form that would generally cause it to be interpreted as …

  4. Fill in your application up to 7 days prior to your arrival

    Feb 2, 2023 · It is a bit ambiguous but, given that the system would not allow you to complete the form 12 days before your planned arrival, the 7 day period is obviously a maximum rather than a …

  5. Two days "is" or "are"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jun 18, 2017 · 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.

  6. 'In the upcoming days' - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dec 29, 2018 · 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 …

  7. word choice - What are the abbreviations for days of the week ...

    It will be used in a tabular data program to show information about free work days of employed and each column can't have enought space to include full week day name. For "common form" I mean, what …

  8. Logical meaning of "within 30 days" compared to "in 30 or fewer days ...

    Apr 29, 2015 · 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 …

  9. meaning - Past few days or the past few days? - English Language ...

    Oct 23, 2018 · "I have been feeling good for the past few days. " and " I have been feeling good since yesterday." Which one is grammatically correct? And why we use "the" past few days?

  10. synonyms - One word substitutions for number of days? - English ...

    Words exist to label periods of time - like week which represents 7 days and fortnight which is used for a 14-day period. Are there other such words used for certain numbers of consecutive days?