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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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Last week was /were holidays

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00Last week was / were school holidays. Susan spent her holidays to Kuala Lumpur for a few days. 02br
00She gave the house keys to Sandra before she went there. 0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Vincent Teo12cite 10Can I say, Last week was / were school holidays. Susan spent her holidays to Kuala Lumpur for a few days. She gave the house keys to Sandra before she went there.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Vincent Teo12cite 10Can I say, Last week was / were school holidays.
  • Susan spent her holidays to Kuala Lumpur for a few days.
  • She gave the house keys to Sandra before she went there.
  • 12blockquote 10In the US we don't use the plural (holidays) to refer to a single holiday of several days, except for the expression "the holidays," which may or may not be a group of separate (but possibly contiguous) holidays.
  • " "I'll be spending my holidays in Kuala Lampur" indicates more than one holiday is involved, each of which possibly comprising multiple days.
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10Can I say, Last week was / were school holidays. Susan spent her holidays to Kuala Lumpur for a few days. She gave the house keys to Sandra before she went there. 12blockquote
10In the US we don't use the plural (holidays) to refer to a single holiday of several days, except for the expre
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