- 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
- 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 passengers must check their luggage before boarding the plane
- 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)
- 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
- tenses - Using have ran or have run - English Language Usage . . .
Not really addressed in the dictionary I see "have to run", but not have run or have ran I lean towards the former as correct, but asked here to get other thoughts
- A 17th century colloquial term for children, in the way we use kids today
I'm looking for a A 17th century colloquial term for children, in the way we use 'kids' today The best I've yet found is striplings, which seems to connote male teens more specifically, or possibly
- 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
- Change from to-day to today - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In old books, people often use the spelling "to-day" instead of "today" When did the change happen? Also, when people wrote "to-day", did they feel, when pronouncing the word, that it contained two
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