Sep 8, 2021 · 2) This answer, while helpfully giving former versions of 'today', is in no way actually addressing the OP's question of why 'to', since the ostensible meaning of 'to' doesn't make literal …

3 “Earlier today” is a totally correct way to refer to a point in time between the beginning of the day and the current time. Because it refers to a moment in the past, it can be used with the past tense, as you …

The last example means something different, though. “What day is (it) today?” refers to the day of the week, not the date.

Nov 20, 2014 · The 2002 reference grammar by Huddleston and Pullum et al., The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, would consider words like yesterday, today, tonight, and tomorrow as …

Apr 19, 2011 · Neither are clauses, but "today in the afternoon" is grammatical (adverbial phrase of time), while "today afternoon" is not. I would also suggest "this afternoon" as a more succinct and …

Jun 30, 2011 · It's raining today. Raining is a verb, describing the action of rain. It's rainy today. Rainy is an adjective, describing what the weather is like today. Sunny and cloudy are also adjectives that …

Feb 29, 2016 · Two other options (in addition to "as from today," "from today," and "effective today") are "beginning today" and "as of today." These may be more U.S.-idiomatic forms than British-idiomatic …

I think it is a good question. When there is yesterday morning and tomorrow morning, why have an exception for this morning (which means today's morning)? Yes, idiom, but I actually do like idiomatic …

Sep 10, 2012 · In old books, people often use the spelling "to-day" instead of "today". When did the change happen? Also, when people wrote "to-day", did they feel, when pronouncing the word, that it …

Dec 25, 2018 · Would you think "the next 10 days" includes today? If not, would there be a clearer way to put it, to refer to today and the following 9 days?