- Is it proper grammar to say on today and on tomorrow?
WIthin the context of this dialect, the formation "on today" and "on yesterday" would be considered correct by those speakers, or they wouldn't be saying it that way However (and I cannot back this up with a citation), in general, most English speakers in the US would not use "on" before "today" or "tomorrow "
- As on 16 May vs. as of 16 May — which is correct?
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- word choice - Today afternoon vs Today in the afternoon? - English . . .
Neither are clauses, but "today in the afternoon" is grammatical (adverbial phrase of time), while "today afternoon" is not I would also suggest "this afternoon" as a more succinct and idiomatic alternative to "today in the afternoon"
- Grammatical term for words like yesterday, today, tomorrow
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, would consider words like yesterday, today, tonight, and tomorrow as pronouns (specifically, deictic temporal pronouns) Related info is in CGEL pages 429, 564-5 –
- Im well vs. Im good vs. Im doing well, etc
I think this question is actively pernicious By implying that there's something wrong with <i>the way real people actually use the "how are you" standard greeting-and-response< i> in the title, you run a serious risk of hopelessly confusing students of the language who don't know any better
- Understanding as of, as at, and as from
No, "as of" can mean both - 1) As of today, only three survivors have been found 2) As of today, all
- Today Was vs Today Is - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Today means "the current day", so if you're asking what day of the week it is, it can only be in present tense, since it's still that day for the whole 24 hours In other contexts, it's okay to say, for example, "Today has been a nice day" nearer the end of the day, when the events that made it a nice day are finished (or at least, nearly so)
- history - Change from to-day to today - English Language Usage Stack . . .
today O E todæge, to dæge "on (the) day," from to "at, on" (see to) + dæge, dative of dæg "day" (see day) Generally written as two words until 16c , after which it usually was written to-day until early 20c Similar constructions exist in other Germanic languages (cf Du van daag "from-day," Dan , Swed i dag "in day")
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