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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

These days/Recently/On these days,

These days/Recently/In these days, people often promise to improve their health by exercising more, eating healthier or quitting smoking.

Do all of the bolded phrases fit in the above and equate each other in meaning? Thanks.
  

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Only the first is OK. In these days is bad English.

— Marius Hancu

  • Only the first is OK.
  • In these days is bad English.
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Only the first is OK.

In these days is bad English.

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Marius HancuOnly the first is OK.

In these days is bad English.

Thanks, Marius.

Now I wonder why the second doesn't do the trick and what are the differences between it and the first.

By the way, does "On these days" sound better?
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>By the way, does "On these days" sound better?

Nope.
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Recently, (these) people have often promised to improve their health by exercising more, eating healthier or quitting smoking.

Recently usually needs present perfect.
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Marius HancuRecently, (these) people have often promised to improve their health by exercising more, eating healthier or quitting smoking.

Recently usually needs present perfect.

Thanks, Marius.

Now I see your point.

To make sure, "These days" and "Nowadays/Now" often go with simple present tens
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Marius HancuOnly the first is OK.

In these days is bad English.

Hi Marius Hancu,

I am stumped by your comment. Here is an extract from a CBC's webpage talking about Pavarotti's fight against illness:

"In these days, one of the greatest of Italians is conducting a major battle."
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I'm sticking to my guns. And I will not explain. This is how English works in my opinion.

In these days of
is correct.
In these days (as used in the above in the original example)
is NOT.

You believe what you want to believe.

This is a good example, IMO, with in these days :

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In these days o
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Hi,

Below are phrases that use 'In'. To me, the first one is correct. For the rest, I think using 'In' with plural 'days' is okay, except the last one, which looks and sounds odd. Could anyone please share your thoughts?

"In this day and age"

"In one of my darkest days"
"In these days and ages"
"In these days, ...
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Hoa ThaiBesides these two examples, my Google search from a gateway in Vietnam shows more than 180,000 hits using the same phrase, "In this days". They cannot be all wrong!

Could you please explain?


Hi Hoa Thai
I'd say they ARE indeed all wrong. From what I saw (doing the same search), the results for "in this days" a
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