Within (time)
When someone uses the term "within", does it include the thing they are saying?
For example,
"Do it within the next 48 hours." Does this mean that person has to do it before 48 hours is over, or at most 48 hours?
How about
"He lies within the house." This one is more clear. He is clearly inside the house (can't be on the boundaries of the house."
How about:
"Trying to make 100$ in 48 hours." Does this mean that the person is trying to make 100$ before 48 hours is over, or at most 48 hours?
Top answer
When someone uses the term "within", does it include the thing they are saying? Nobody knows the answer to that question. But the situations that come up in real life seldom need to be as precise as they are in mathematics, so we rarely need to know the answer.
- When someone uses the term "within", does it include the thing they are saying?
- Nobody knows the answer to that question.
- But the situations that come up in real life seldom need to be as precise as they are in mathematics, so we rarely need to know the answer.
- If we do need to know the answer, we ask the person who used the term "within" what exactly they meant.
- The same is true for all your other variants of this question except for the one regarding "within the house", which you have already adequately analyzed.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
When someone uses the term "within", does it include the thing they are saying?
Nobody knows the answer to that question. But the situations that come up in real life seldom need to be as precise as they are in mathematics, so we rarely need to know the answer. If we do need to know the answer, we ask the person who used the term "within" what exactl
0
Related Questions