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  1. In 2-3 days vs Within 2-3 days - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Aug 6, 2014 · In 100-200 days means that it will happen no sooner than 100 days from now and no later than 200 days. Within 100-200 days means it could happen any time between now …

  2. "Vacation days" or "days off" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    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 …

  3. 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" …

  4. 'In the upcoming days' - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Dec 29, 2018 · 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 …

  5. Meaning of "within 30 days of [a certain date in the future]" in …

    I am required to submit a certain form "within 30 days of [a certain date in the future]". I suspect that the form's author actually meant to say something like "at least 30 days before [a certain …

  6. What does "salad days" mean, and when was it coined?

    What does salad days mean? I've heard the term used to describe past better days, but what does that have to do with salad? Also, when was the phrase coined?

  7. Why are days of the week proper nouns?

    Aug 18, 2010 · In Spanish or Italian the days of the week, the names of the months, and the names of the seasons are not capitalised. However, the Real Academia Española doesn't say …

  8. "Nowadays" versus "now days" [closed] - English Language

    The Corpus of Contemporary American English does have a few cites for now days, but frankly, just look at the figures yourself: nowadays 3167 now days 7 And here are the figures from the …

  9. Can you say "within 90 days after"? - English Language & Usage …

    I understand that you can say, "within 30 days of receiving your application", but I am seeing more and more "within 30 days after your application is received". Is the latter grammatical?

  10. abbreviations - Should "days" be abbreviated when in the context …

    Jul 26, 2017 · When writing "1 week 3 days," if week is abbreviated to wk., should days also be abbreviated? If so, what should it be abbreviated to?