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  1. tenses - Today Was vs Today Is - English Language & Usage Stack …

    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, …

  2. Grammatical term for words like "yesterday", "today", "tomorrow"

    Nov 20, 2014 · The 2002 reference grammar by Huddleston and Pullum et al., The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, would consider words like yesterday, today, tonight, and tomorrow as …

  3. word choice - 'Today afternoon' vs 'Today in the afternoon'? - English ...

    Apr 19, 2011 · 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 …

  4. "Today" in the past - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    3 “Earlier today” is a totally correct way to refer to a point in time between the beginning of the day and the current time. Because it refers to a moment in the past, it can be used with the past tense, as you …

  5. Horoscopes - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Horoscopes for readers of STLToday.com and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

  6. Is it proper grammar to say "on today" and "on tomorrow?"

    Dec 12, 2016 · In my town, people with PhD's in education use the terms, "on today" and "on tomorrow." I have never heard this usage before. Every time I hear them say it, I wonder if it is correct to use the …

  7. Which is correct? .....as from today or from today onwards

    Feb 29, 2016 · Two other options (in addition to "as from today," "from today," and "effective today") are "beginning today" and "as of today." These may be more U.S.-idiomatic forms than British-idiomatic …

  8. Change from to-day to today - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Sep 10, 2012 · In old books, people often use the spelling "to-day" instead of "today". When did the change happen? Also, when people wrote "to-day", did they feel, when pronouncing the word, that it …

  9. Hypernym for words that refer to a specific point in time like now ...

    Feb 15, 2021 · [6] now yesterday today tomorrow this morning tonight last night tomorrow night last week next week two days ago in two weeks in a week's time these days in earlier times The temporal …

  10. single word requests - Formal equivalent of "fast forward to today ...

    May 27, 2020 · "Fast forward to today" seems to be a great fit for flow, but it is not of the writing persona deemed suitable for my writing. What formal equivalents should I consider?