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
How to address today and the following 9 days 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?
Precise meaning of Last N days, weeks, months or years 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 Sunday No one would refer to anything occurring today, yesterday or the day before as taking place last week or in the last two weeks I wouldn't worry about it
Tuesday Randoms | GBCN We had to put our cat down last night He was 19 so it wasn’t completely unexpected but his health really cratered in the last week Vet said they could pump him full of fluids and keep him going for
word choice - In the last 3 months vs in the past 3 months . . . Today is Oct 13, 2010 It can be argued that in the last 3 months would be intuitively understood as the time frame from 8 13 2010 to 10 12 2010, while in the past three months would mean July, August, and September
etymology - Is nowadays the same as today? - English Language . . . today (adverb) 1 on this present day: I will do it today 2 at the present time; in these days: Today you seldom see horses So the second meaning of "today" is more-or-less identical to "nowadays", but that's not the meaning you want when you're trying to say you approve of something
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