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- Does the term within 7 days mean include the 7th day?
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 what And does "7 days" mean 7 calendar days, or 7 business days? Etc
- In the upcoming days - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 a better choice
- 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?
- 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 are the abbreviations that is more used in programs
- Logical meaning of within 30 days compared to in 30 or fewer days . . .
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 than "This project must be finished in 30 days or fewer " - The first establishes a "date" the second just establishes a duration or level of effort
- Two days is or are? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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
- I am familiar with the expression early days - but what does early . . .
I have heard (UK) 'early doors' used in meetings to signify that they will finish earlier than scheduled, and that in general it means 'somewhat earlier than expected' Some usage blogs suggest it is mainly used in connection with football ('soccer') and mainly in the North of England, but I think it has escaped those confines and is out in the wild
- is there a difference between last 2 days and past 2 days
The past 2 days refers to the 2 days preceding the moment of speaking So it cannot be used as above Since ' last 2 days ' seems a bit more general, you can also use it to indicate the termination of current period, i e to refer to the 2 days before the moment of speaking, in which case it becomes equivalent to ' past 2 days '
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