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   Jun 6, 2020 · 1. Basically, I agree. "A day before" refers to a time span, and "the day before" refers to a location in time, and usually that's almost the same thing: yesterday. There's one sort of case where there is a difference: Suppose something notable happens at 11 PM on Thursday. At 1 AM on Friday, something else notable happens.

2. dictionaryblog.cambridge.org › 2021/10/13 › the-dayThe day before yesterday: using time expressions - About ...

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   Oct 13, 2021 · For instance, we say the day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow. Similarly, we might say the week before last or the year after next. To talk about a time that is far enough in the past for things to be quite different from today, we use phrases like in those days, back then, or in the old days. Slightly more informally, we might say ...

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   What is the difference between a day before and the day before?

   • "A day before" refers to a time span, and "the day before" refers to a location in time, and usually that's almost the same thing: yesterday. There's one sort of case where there is a difference: Suppose something notable happens at 11 PM on Thursday. At 1 AM on Friday, something else notable happens.

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   How do you say “the day before yesterday” in English?

   • Saying “the day before yesterday” is perfectly correct in English. It refers to the day that came before the one just past. For example, if today is Wednesday, “the day before yesterday” means Monday. This phrase is common and understood in both casual and formal settings. However, some might prefer shorter terms like “two days ago.”

   Is It Correct to Say, “The Day Before Yesterday”?

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   What does the day before yesterday mean?

   • In American English, “the day before yesterday” is a commonly understood temporal phrase indicating the day that occurred two days prior to today. For instance, if today is Monday, “the day before yesterday” refers to the previous Saturday. The phrase is more prevalent in spoken language rather than formal writing.

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   When does before come after a noun?

   • Before often comes after nouns such as day, morning, night, week, month, year to refer to the previous day, morning, etc.: Two people were ill at work yesterday and three people the day before! Did you graduate in 1989? No, actually, I finished college the year before.

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4. twominenglish.com › is-it-correct-to-say-the-dayIs It Correct to Say, “The Day Before Yesterday”?

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   Mar 28, 2024 · Saying “the day before yesterday” is perfectly correct in English. It refers to the day that came before the one just past. For example, if today is Wednesday, “the day before yesterday” means Monday. This phrase is common and understood in both casual and formal settings. However, some might prefer shorter terms like “two days ago.”.

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   Before - English Grammar Today - a reference to written and spoken English grammar and usage - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Jan 9, 2022 · Use “the day before last.”. If you are speaking about something in the future, you can say “the day after tomorrow,” which, similar to “the day before yesterday,” means precisely two days later than the present day. If you want to talk about something that happened exactly one week ago, you can say or write, “one week ago today.”.

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   Today a native speaker teacher (from Canada) told me (during an English class) that in dates we should use the preposition - ON if followed by day and month (ON the 1st of November), BUT the preposition - AT if followed by day, month and year (AT the 1st November 1998). I was really surprised, I always used ON.

9. englishlessonsbrighton.co.uk › this-next-day-weekUsing 'this' or 'next' to describe a coming day of the week

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   Mar 17, 2014 · Using this logic, for days, this should refer to the day coming in the next 6 days (this week), while next should refer to the day in the next 7-13 days (the next week). Note, this should not be used on the day before, or on the day itself, when we would use tomorrow or today (but continue to use next for the following Friday).