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?

Jan 18, 2015 · This same question was recently asked by you on English Language Learners wasn't it? I believe the answer there was that none of them are correct because all of them should say, "the …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Oct 23, 2018 · So when we say 'the past few days' we mean the complete set of 'past few days', not just some of them, and which means this time phrase matches the tense. Do we use the phrase 'past few …

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 …

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 …

Aug 9, 2020 · please raise dispute 3 working days after the date of transaction Are the meanings of these two lines the same? I believe the meaning of both the lines are that the dispute should be risen …