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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

On holidays,

Can I say,

On holidays, they went on a vacation.
  

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I'll wait for confirmation from one more fluent in British English, but I believe you are combining BrE and AmE. In AmE, holidays refers to specific days that the general public doesn't work: "The holidays" = time between Thanksgiving (November) and New Years. Labor Day is a holiday, and the 4th of July is a holiday.

— Philip

  • I'll wait for confirmation from one more fluent in British English, but I believe you are combining BrE and AmE.
  • In AmE, holidays refers to specific days that the general public doesn't work: "The holidays" = time between Thanksgiving (November) and New Years.
  • Labor Day is a holiday, and the 4th of July is a holiday.
  • A "vacation" is an individual's time away from work, or it can be an actual trip that one takes.
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I'll wait for confirmation from one more fluent in British English, but I believe you are combining BrE and AmE.

In AmE, holidays refers to specific days that the general public doesn't work: "The holidays" = time between Thanksgiving (November) and New Years. Labor Day is a holiday, and the 4th of July is a holiday. A "vacation" is an individual's time away from work, or it can be
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You're right, Philip.

vacation = holiday (BrE)
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