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- 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
- time - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The potential ambiguity is because in "within 10 days before the flight", the following noun phrase "10 days before the flight" has a form that would generally cause it to be interpreted as a point in time rather than a range
- Vacation days or days off - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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-not-to-work days, including sick leave, maternal paternal leave, floating holidays, national holidays, etc Vacation days are a subset of days off
- Meaning of within 30 days of [a certain date in the future] in context?
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 date]"
- In the upcoming days - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 next few days" is a better choice
- In 2-3 days vs Within 2-3 days - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 and 200 days, but most likely fall between the 100th and 200th day Within within (wɪˈðɪn) prep in; inside; enclosed or encased by before (a period of time) has elapsed: within
- Logical meaning of within 30 days compared to in 30 or fewer days . . .
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 than "This project must be finished in 30 days or fewer " - The first establishes a "date" the second just establishes a duration or level of effort
- meaning - Past few days or the past few days? - English Language . . .
So when we say 'the past few days' we mean the complete set of 'past few days', not just some of them, and which means this time phrase matches the tense Do we use the phrase 'past few days' on its own? Highly unlikely, it lacks a sense of which days
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