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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"last two weeks" "the last two weeks"

Hi there, I have some questions about time expressions:
1: does the last two weeks mean "14 days up to today"
2: does last week means "the week before this week"
3: what is the difference between "last two years" and "the last two years"?
4: does "the last day" mean "24 hours up to now"

Thanks a lot for your time
  

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1. Yes, or any two weeks prior to another event in time (or 'the final 2 weeks'). 2.

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  • Yes, or any two weeks prior to another event in time (or 'the final 2 weeks').
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  • Yes.
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1. Yes, or any two weeks prior to another event in time (or 'the final 2 weeks').
2. Yes.
3. I cannot think of a sentence with 'last two years' unless 'last' is a verb. Can you?
4. Yes or the day prior to another event in time (or 'the final day').
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Thank you for your help!

if "the last two years" means "730 days up to today", how do I express the last two years (the year starts Jan and ends Dec)?

thanks
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Anonymousif "the last two years" means "730 days up to today",
I didn't say that; no one would say that. It is ridiculously over-precise.
Anonymoushow do I express the last two years (the year starts Jan and ends Dec)?
As 'the last two calendar years'.
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Thank you Mister for your help and time.

Could you possibly have a look at the following ?
1: "in the last two years" = the last 24 months
2: "last week" = the last calender week and "the last week" = the last seven days
3: "last day" = "the last day" = the last 24 hours , they are different from yesterday.
4: "the last two" + "hours,days,weeks,months and years" roughly =
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Good afternoon, I have some questions about the time expressions,
Could you possibly also have a look at those sentences:

1: the previous year = the last 365 days
2: the coming year = next year ( calender year)
3: the past year = the previous year = the last 365 days
4: the current week = this calender week
5: the last day of "the last year" or "last year"= the last d
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Here are my thoughts:

1: the previous year = the last 365 days (No, the calendar year before this one.)
2: the coming year = next year ( calender year)
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Thank you for your help Doctor D,

3: the past year = the previous year = the last 365 days (Yes, the previous 365 days.)
so the the previous year= the last 365 days but you mentioned it means the last calender year?

another question is : last year = the last calender year? ( are both grammatically correct?)

thank you again

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