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PreciousJones Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

last Sunday

Today is Monday and daylight savings was this Sunday.

Or

Today is Monday and daylight savings was last Sunday.

Which one is correct?

Thanks!
  

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The simplest and most natural thing to say would be 'yesterday'. '. I have not heard that expression.

— Fivejedjon

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The simplest and most natural thing to say would be 'yesterday'.

In BrE we say 'The clocks went forward ..' rather than 'daylight savings was ..'. I have not heard that expression.
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Neither.
Say
eg Today is Monday and daylight savings
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CliveToday is Monday and daylight savings began yesterday.
That answered my doubt about 'daylight savings'.
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CliveQuote
Hi Clive,

But if today is Monday, and day light savings was yesterday, wouldn't last Sunday mean last week?

Thanks!
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Today is Monday and daylight savings was last Sunday.

That would suggest that the clocks were changed eight days ago,
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My previous example using 'last Sunday' posited that 'Today is Wednesday'.

If someone on Monday said 'Daylight savings began last Sunday', I'd take it to mean 8 days ago, as fivejedjon said..

But if it was very, very important I'd ask eg 'You don't mean yes
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fivejedjonToday is Monday and daylight savings was last Sunday.That would suggest that the clocks were changed eight days ago,
So, if today is Monday wouldn't it be correct to say:

Daylight savings was this Sunday.(yesterday)
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PreciousJones So, if today is Monday wouldn't it be correct to say:Daylight savings was this Sunday.(yesterday)
Well, the word 'was' tells us that we don't mean the Sunday coming up in six days. However, as Clive and I have both said, 'yesterday' is the natural word to use.
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Technically, last Sunday would refer to yesterday, which was last week, while this Sunday would refer to the following Sunday.
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Aspara GusTechnically, last Sunday would refer to yesterday, which was last week, while this Sunday would refer to the following Sunday.
But Sunday is the first day of the week, no? It goes Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc...
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