Oct 7, 2014 · At one time the only 'holiday' that ordinary people had were days such as Christmas, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday etc. These were Holy Days - holidays. When workers won the right to annual leave entitlement, they began talking about their 'holidays' since there was more than one day of holiday involved.

Aug 19, 2018 · It is very difficult to be unambiguous with only the word next.. If, on a Friday or Saturday, I say "Next Wednesday", most Brits will assume I mean the very next Wednesday, less than 7 days away.

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Jan 28, 2012 · In a comment responding to the original post, Eduardo advises the poster to add a verb in front of the phrases "at a hotel" and "in a hotel" to obtain a more precise idea of which phrase is more common.

Holiday breaks usually consist of more than one day, so when you refer to Christmas you are thinking about Christmas eve, Christmas day and Boxing day (also called ‘St.Stephen's Day’). The Easter holiday is usually made up of two days; Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. N.B. Good Friday is not a public holiday in Italy but it is in the UK.

Oct 13, 2015 · The use of the phrase 'administrative division of a country' in this question is quite problematic. The United States never got divided into the states that constitute it; it's rather that the states chose to get united.

Jun 7, 2017 · In the uncountable form, 'holiday' is the time away. This is the 'go on holiday [for a few days]' form. The measure ('for a few days') is optional. There is no real difference in the overall meaning of the two forms, though the first might be felt to slightly emphasise the fact that the holiday has a specific fixed length.

Mar 21, 2017 · Briefly, a "vacation" is one that you plan. A "holiday" is one that is planned by government, tradition etc. e.g. School holiday, public holiday. For example, you take a "vacation" when you are free, i.e. during a holiday (or when you are out of work) You have a holiday when there is already one.

Feb 21, 2011 · Holiday is a compound stemming from the words holy and day. The word 'holiday' first surfaced in the 1500's replacing the earlier word 'haliday' which was recorded before 1200 in the Old English book Ancrene Riwle. Earlier , about 950, the word was 'haligdaeg' and appeared in the Old English Lindisfarne Gospels.

You have to use "had had" if something has been done long back, not recently. But if something has been done recently, then you can use "have had" or "has had" depending on the pronoun.