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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Took days off work vs took off work
How do you say this?
1 She took days off work.
2 She took off work.
Thanks
1 She took days off work.
2 She took off work.
Thanks
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#2 is casual. It could refer to habitual behavior (the reason she was fired), or it could refer to one incident of a day or more. #1 also sounds like habituation.
- #2 is casual.
- It could refer to habitual behavior (the reason she was fired), or it could refer to one incident of a day or more.
- #1 also sounds like habituation.
- ) But it's not an idiom like #2, nor is it casual.
- What exactly is the situation you're trying to describe?
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#2 is casual. It could refer to habitual behavior (the reason she was fired), or it could refer to one incident of a day or more.
#1 also sounds like habituation. (She took [too many] days off work.) But it's not an idiom like #2, nor is it casual.
What exactly is the situation you're trying to describe?
#1 also sounds like habituation. (She took [too many] days off work.) But it's not an idiom like #2, nor is it casual.
What exactly is the situation you're trying to describe?
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alc24How would you say this?Hi,
She took [a few / two, three, etc.] days off.
*Days off by definition are days on which one doesn't work.
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I think "Monday and Tuesday are my days off" is quite different from "Next week I'm going to take some days off ."
The verb "to take" makes the difference.
Without the "off," we use "take" in "Next week, I'm going to take a couple of sick days (or, vacation days)."
In the US, these are "discretionary" days off to which I am (sometimes) entitled.
The verb "to take" makes the difference.
Without the "off," we use "take" in "Next week, I'm going to take a couple of sick days (or, vacation days)."
In the US, these are "discretionary" days off to which I am (sometimes) entitled.
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