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7 de oct. de 2014 · Our holidays in Melbourne was great! There is a disagreement between the subject (plural) and verb (singular). "Holidays" while normally a plural, can indeed be used to refer to a single period of holiday, though not usually in the context you've given. An example of this usage might be:
On is used in the following: on the weekend (AmEng), on Christmas day and on Easter Sunday. The preposition on is normally used for dates (i.e. on 25th December) and days of the week. In British English, people ‘go on holiday’ but in American English they ‘go on vacation’. In is normally used with ‘weeks’, ‘months’ and ‘years ...
28 de ene. de 2012 · One way is as a building, in which case "in" is appropriate. Another way is as a location, in which case "at" is appropriate. The choice of which to use depends on the context, there's no wrong or right answer. As others have pointed out, the hotel's location includes the outdoors and indoors parts of the hotel, and so "at" would be appropriate ...
1 de may. de 2012 · Briefly, a "vacation" is one that you plan. A "holiday" is one that is planned by government, tradition etc. e.g. School holiday, public holiday. For example, you take a "vacation" when you are free, i.e. during a holiday (or when you are out of work) You have a holiday when there is already one.
7 de jun. de 2017 · In the uncountable form, 'holiday' is the time away. This is the 'go on holiday [for a few days]' form. The measure ('for a few days') is optional. There is no real difference in the overall meaning of the two forms, though the first might be felt to slightly emphasise the fact that the holiday has a specific fixed length.
21 de feb. de 2011 · 1. Holiday is a compound stemming from the words holy and day. The word 'holiday' first surfaced in the 1500's replacing the earlier word 'haliday' which was recorded before 1200 in the Old English book Ancrene Riwle. Earlier , about 950, the word was 'haligdaeg' and appeared in the Old English Lindisfarne Gospels.
In this case, either one will work just fine, because children who are at school (on the school grounds) are also, by default, in school (in their classrooms). On a holiday, they are neither in school nor at school, so you can use either preposition without any loss of meaning. The one exception may be if the football team had a Saturday practice.
good luck on/in your exam. in/on the list. The last one is especially important to me, as I have asked a number of native speakers, and each time I get a different answer. The only consensus seems to be the case where you say "on top of the list". Apart from that, some people will say that I should say "his name is in the list" whereas others ...
1 de feb. de 2017 · A "heads up" is a reasonably spontaneous warning of something about to happen. Understand that a "heads up" is a form of alarm. Simply asking for a report is not asking for a "heads up". In essence, if "Give me a heads up" is not followed by "if" or "when" then the phrase is being used incorrectly. Yes, the metaphor is from something literally ...
13 de mar. de 2015 · 1. It's because we are awake during the day, and asleep throughout most of the night. Saying in the morning/afternoon means at any time within the period of morning or afternoon. The same with in the night, if someone said that you would think of any time between the hours of 8pm and 6am, or thereabouts.
