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holiday or holidays????
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vuthithanhtam
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holiday or holidays????
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plz tell me whether it �s right or not? They are on their holidays? Where did you go on your last holiday? Tnx a lotttt |
5 Mar 2016
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jannabanna
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The eternal question « holiday » or « holidays »! It depends on the sentence or what you want to say. Here are some examples: As a singular noun it usually refers to a specific event or day: - Ø She looks really run down and needs a holiday.
- Ø Have you booked your holiday to France yet?
- Ø I met Bob on holiday in Spain.
- Ø Monday it a bank holiday so there’s no school.
As a plural noun it could be written « holiday » or « holidays »! - Ø We’re going to Ireland for our holidays/holiday this year.
- Ø When I was a child we spent our summer holidays in Scotland.
Hope this helps a little. Janet |
5 Mar 2016
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almaz
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What Janet said ^. Also, in the UK*, we tend to use the plural form for the main holiday of the year (the summer break = the school holidays). *In the US, the preferred word is vacation � �holiday� has a slightly different connotation. Alex
Edit: just came across the phrase "in the school holidays" in a novel by the South African-born Australian writer, Peter Temple, so I guess this plural usage isn�t uncommon in other parts of the Anglosphere either.
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