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Holidays or holiday? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I'm getting confused on the usage of the words, holiday and holidays When I want to say that I had a good holiday (or is it good holidays!?) with my family in Melbourne for 5 days, should I say:
What does run of house mean with regard to hotel room type Run of House, or ROH, generally means you will be staying in a room decided upon by the hotel In it's simplest form, ROH means you will get whatever room is available at the time you check-in If the hotel has a deluxe room or a suite available, you "could" get a nicer room than you would have if you had requested a specific type of accommodation, but you could be booked into a lesser valued
word choice - How should we use next, this or last to refer to . . . It is very difficult to be unambiguous with only the word next If, on a Friday or Saturday, I say "Next Wednesday", most Brits will assume I mean the very next Wednesday, less than 7 days away If I say it on a Sunday or Monday, some Brits will assume I mean the Wednesday more than a week away If I say "Wednesday next" on a Sunday or Monday, even more Brits (over a certain age, because " day
Is it “in” or “on the holidays”? - English Language Usage . . . Holiday breaks usually consist of more than one day, so when you refer to Christmas you are thinking about Christmas eve, Christmas day and Boxing day (also called ‘St Stephen's Day’) The Easter holiday is usually made up of two days; Easter Sunday and Easter Monday N B Good Friday is not a public holiday in Italy but it is in the UK
At Night or In the Night? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange At can be used for periods identified vaguely, as in a t that time, at breakfast time, at night; also for short holiday periods (at Christmas, at Easter) In BrE, at the weekend is used, but in AmE on the weekend
Difference between at and in when specifying location I am used to saying "I am in India " But somewhere I saw it said "I am at Puri (Oriisa)" I would like to know the differences between "in" and "at" in the above two sentences
word choice - On the last week or In the last week? - English . . . According to Google Ngram viewer, "in the last week of " is much more common This fits with my feeling as a native speaker, too: in or during for a range of time like a week, month, or season ("in the last week of August"); on for a specific day ("on August tenth"); at for a specific time ("at 4pm")
Is there a difference between holiday and vacation? In the UK "going on holiday" means taking time off, which is what Americans call "going on vacation" An actual national religious holiday is not required When Americans say "holiday" we mean a specific designated holiday, which we might or might not actually commemorate For example, most of us don't do anything special for Labor Day, but it's a holiday and a day off from work school