I need to request leave for one day and for more than one day.  What's the correct way of using the word day?  Which is correct for a single day of leave?        1 day's leave   1 day leave      What about more than one day?        2 day's leave   2 days' leave      Please clarify with explanation.
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I understand what the sentence The house is a full day’s journey from here means, but I’m wondering what day’s is short for in this expression. It doesn’t match any pattern I know.  A couple of examples:   He’s = he is Let’s = let us Mary’s car = the car belongs to Mary Day’s = it sounds to me like something belongs to a day and this is what I don’t understand. Shouldn’t it be The house is a full day of journey from here instead?
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I would write a couple of . I often read/hear a couple .  I assumed this was an American English thing (I'm British), and just a convenient shortening of the phrase for speaking. It's easier to say a couple minutes vs a couple of minutes.  On a side note, this doesn't seem to restrict the number of things to two, but just a small amount–less than a few, in my mind.
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Consider the following sentence:     The labour-intensive and time-intensive part starts tomorrow.   I want to write this without rewriting the word "intensive."  Is this the correct way to do it?     The labour- and time-intensive part starts tomorrow.   Note the hyphen hanging after the word labour. Or should there be no hyphen after labour? Can anyone point me to a reference that talks about this?
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I was wondering if someone could explain the subtle difference between these sentences:  1) Monday should be fine.  2) Monday would be fine.  This is in the context of someone asking if they could help me out on Monday instead of on Sunday. I am a little confused about the difference between the usage of 'should' and 'would' here. Both seem to fit. I personally seem to prefer 'should' but I can't explain why. Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
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For example, suppose that I'm going to travel London and will arrive at 10am, 1st December. And will stay a week, means will leave 10am, 8th December. Technically it's 7 nights, but also 8 days. Should I book 7 counts(nights) or 8 counts?
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For example, what is the difference between the following two sentences:     I had a bad day      I had had a bad day
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Looking at , I see "asked yesterday" (which I really hate; I'd like to see an exact time specification rather than this vague one, especially in the list of questions). But it was not asked yesterday! When I hover over it to show the exact time, it shows it was actually the day before yesterday!  This snapshot was taken at 2012-03-31 15:00 UTC (plus or minus a few minutes):    Whatever different opinions you may have on the implementation, yesterday is a word with a certain meaning. Redefining it is not a good idea. At least rephrase this as "1 day ago" or something.
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Just read somewhere about this puzzling puzzle:  What is the difference between:   I'm doing a twenty four-hour shift tonight. I'm doing a twenty-four hour shift tonight. I'm doing a twenty-four-hour shift tonight.   I know number 1 is 20 x 4 hours. Number 2 and 3 is the same as far as I know. Is this true?
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Is it proper to use the following expressions  I started to London yesterday afternoon . I started to London yesterday morning  I ask because it is supposedly correct to say 'last night'. Why don't we say 'last afternoon' or 'last morning'?
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I have been confused about the difference between &quot;one to one&quot; and &quot;one on one&quot;. Which one is more appropriate of the following?  We will have one to one meeting? We will have one on one meeting?
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Where did they go?   Where do they went?   Can you please advise which of above forms is correct?  I'm pretty sure that first one is fine but wondering about second one.   Can I use a second form as well or it's incorrect?
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I came across an English learner writing     It snowed hard Monday.   After saying that it didn't snow on Friday and Saturday.  It didn't quite feel right to me.  I'd be okay with     It snowed hard.   or     It snowed Monday.   Is it okay for there to be two things ("hard" and "Monday") modifying the snowing without an "on" breaking things up a bit?
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There are 6 periods in each working day of a school. In how many ways can one organize 5 subjects such that each subject is allowed at least one period? Is the answer 1800 or 3600 ?  I have asked this question before () in this site itself to understand the right answer - 3600 or 1800? @Ross Millikan has given me a convincing answer and explained idea of overcounting and why 3600 is wrong. Posting it again here to assert the answer is 1800 and not 3600, mainly because almost all websites give 3600 as answer and only one website gives answer as 1800. Listing the websites for reference  (1) Ans is 3600 see() (2) Ans is 3600 see question 15 in () (3) Ans is 3600 - see 8th question in () (4) Ans is 3600 - see example 5 in () These sites as well as almost all reputed sites give the answer as 3600. But answer is 1800 according to   Sorry for asking the question again. Please tell me which is the right answer. 1800 or 3600. Since I am preparing for my exams, I don't want to be in the wrong path and hence clarifying.
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I would please prefer to take both parts of the test on Monday.   Is the placement of the word please in this sentence grammatically correct?
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I am going on holidays in two days for two weeks, but before going I would like to see my friend: shall I say  It would be nice to see you before I leave. It would be nice to see you before I left.  I think the second one is better, as it is not a real situation but a wish.
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Do native speakers of English use verbs in the plural form when speaking about one company? I've come across such use by supposed natives.   Don't you think that it is ungrammatical to use verbs in plural,mentioning one company? Maybe when you speak about one company you imply that it is a team or staff or a group of thousands people working in one place.     Fujitsu send newsletter to all subscribers once a month.    I've made up the above example. It is not a quote.
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When using zero as a quantifier, is it correct to use the singular form on the object of the quantifier, or the plural form?  It sounds confusing when I put it that way, but what I mean is: Which is correct?   Your password expires in 0 days. Your password expires in 0 day.   Essentially I suppose I'm asking, does "singular" mean "one" or "the opposite of more than one", as zero is not "plural" in the traditional "more than one" sense?  I'm pretty sure "days" sounds correct, but I can't be sure.