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Sunny123 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

even days & odd days

Hello everyone. What do you think of the following sentence?
Is it a correct sentence or not?
Is it common to say "even days" and "odd days" in English?

1. I have English class at 2pm on even days.
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We usually speak of 'even dates', not 'even days'. It's not a very, very common expression. It seems like an odd way to schedule a class.

— Clive

  • We usually speak of 'even dates', not 'even days'.
  • It's not a very, very common expression.
  • It seems like an odd way to schedule a class.
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We usually speak of 'even dates', not 'even days'.

It's not a very, very common expression. It seems like an odd way to schedule a class.
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In American universities, most classes are either scheduled for Monday, Wednesday and Friday or for Tuesday and Thursday. I've really never heard of anything (in the U.S.) being scheduled for even days or odd days.
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Hi

It's a very unusual phrase but I like the fact you used it. I think it refers to gasoline rationing in the US in the 1970s. For a while, you could only buy gas if your car number plate matched the day of the month (odd or even)

I don't think you can use it in that educational context but maybe the idea is used differently in other countries

Dave
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sunny123Is it common to say "even days" and "odd days" in English?
No, if you mean days of the week (Sunday = 1, Monday = 2, etc.).

Sometimes, if you mean even- or odd- numbered days of the month.
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