- Is it proper grammar to say on today and on tomorrow?
WIthin the context of this dialect, the formation "on today" and "on yesterday" would be considered correct by those speakers, or they wouldn't be saying it that way However (and I cannot back this up with a citation), in general, most English speakers in the US would not use "on" before "today" or "tomorrow "
- etymology - Is nowadays the same as today? - English Language . . .
2 at the present time; in these days: Today you seldom see horses So the second meaning of "today" is more-or-less identical to "nowadays", but that's not the meaning you want when you're trying to say you approve of something Today is the bright, shiny, new day of opportunity; nowadays is the faded shadow of
- Reschedule to or reschedule for? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
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- On Saturday afternoon or in the Saturday afternoon?
The choice of prepositions depends upon the temporal context in which you're speaking "On ~ afternoon" implies that the afternoon is a single point in time; thus, that temporal context would take the entire afternoon as one of several different afternoons, or in other words, one would use "on" when speaking within the context of an entire week
- 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
- As on 16 May vs. as of 16 May — which is correct?
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- tenses - Using have ran or have run - English Language Usage . . .
I was editing a piece recently and saw this structure "Once you have ran the process, you " I have always used "have run", but wasn't sure if "have ran" is acceptable in modern English
- Is this Monday or next Monday the correct way to refer to the very . . .
Also, you can argue that "if it's monday you wouldn't say a week on monday if you meant next monday you'd say next monday" But similarly,if you meant 2 weeks time and that monday,u wouldn't say "a week on monday" or "two weeks on monday",you'd say "in exactly 2 weeks" or "two weeks from today" or "2 weeks today" –
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