
"Within the month" vs "Within a month" is there a difference?
Aug 18, 2018 · To my ears "within the month" means during the current month, that is by the end of August. "Within a month" gives you a full month from now, so if it is the 17th August today, you must …
What are the leading or trailing days on a monthly calendar called?
Jun 13, 2016 · When you look at a monthly calendar, and the month begins on, say, a Wednesday, the dates of the preceding Sunday–Tuesday from the end of the the prior month are usually displayed …
time - What's the Best English word for 6 months in this group: daily ...
While one question could be about what does bi- stand for, my question is what better one word is there for 6 months like daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly. My guess it there might be one that I don't know of.
What is the difference between "Per year" and "Per annum"?
From the Oxford Corpus of English: PER ANNUM For 30 years, it had gone remorselessly ahead, at about 80% per annum. An Elan bond, where the bondholder can exercise the right to be repaid in 18 …
When does the word 'months' get an apostrophe? [duplicate]
Jul 10, 2020 · Is it '12 month's remuneration', '12 months' remuneration' or '12 months remuneration'? New Oxford Style Manual says it does not get an apostrophe is not used in 'adjectival constructions' …
grammaticality - When is it correct to use the "-wise" suffix ...
TheFreeDictionary.com gives this usage note: Usage Note: The suffix -wise has a long history of use to mean "in the manner or direction of," as in clockwise, otherwise, and slantwise. Since the 1930s, …
single word requests - Annual is to yearly as _____ is to monthly ...
Jan 31, 2019 · A more formal word for yearly would be annual. I pay my school loans annually I pay my rent check monthly or _____. What is the equivalent of “annual” for “monthly"?
Annually |AND or OR| as required - policy wording debate
Apr 18, 2019 · As the phrase "at least annually and also as needed" captures what is required without ambiguity, then I would use that rather than trying to shorten it to something that could be …
What's the word for describing days/months/years when comparing to ...
This is a poorly expressed answer. The question asks for "the word" - i.e. one single word - but you've provided five words, of which just one (temporal) suits what the OP is asking for. I recommend you …
Why can't we use 'halfly' to mean 'once every six months?'
Apr 26, 2023 · The origin of my curiosity is in this list of recurrence types (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly...). I work with companies that measure time by the day, week, month and quarter... and …