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 …

2018年12月25日 · Would you think "the next 10 days" includes today? If not, would there be a clearer way to put it, to refer to today and the following 9 days?

2015年4月29日 · 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 …

2016年2月21日 · The most natural thing to do would be to take them in the order specified. So first go a month from today, and then go 10 days. This goes to March 30th. As a general presumption, take …

2011年12月5日 · 0 Today is Monday. Last week is strictly the period of seven days ending at midnight on Sunday and the last two weeks is strictly the period of fourteen days ending at midnight on …

2016年1月5日 · I often use Google hit counts as a rough measure of how valid an expression is. In the case of " no later than" vs " not later than", Google finds 25 vs 12 million hits, indicating that both …

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?

Hence, if within two working days were said on a Thursday, it would probably mean before the end of Monday. In conclusion, the expression within the next two days does not have an exact meaning, but …

2011年8月16日 · What does until mean in the following? You need to deliver this product within 2 days (until August 18, 2011) to meet your deadline and get paid. Does this mean that I have to deliver the …

2017年5月23日 · So let's say today is Monday and there will be a party on Friday. How should I say when the party is: the party is in 3 days or the party is in 4 days? Also, is this sequence of time …