- Today Was vs Today Is - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Today means "the current day", so if you're asking what day of the week it is, it can only be in present tense, since it's still that day for the whole 24 hours In other contexts, it's okay to say, for example, "Today has been a nice day" nearer the end of the day, when the events that made it a nice day are finished (or at least, nearly so)
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today O E todæge, to dæge "on (the) day," from to "at, on" (see to) + dæge, dative of dæg "day" (see day) Generally written as two words until 16c , after which it usually was written to-day until early 20c Similar constructions exist in other Germanic languages (cf Du van daag "from-day," Dan , Swed i dag "in day")
- Is it proper grammar to say on today and on tomorrow?
WIthin the context of this dialect, the formation "on today" and "on yesterday" would be considered correct by those speakers, or they wouldn't be saying it that way However (and I cannot back this up with a citation), in general, most English speakers in the US would not use "on" before "today" or "tomorrow "
- What day is it today? vs. What day is today?
The more common "What day is it today?" is answered by "It is X today", where "it" is a pleonastic pronoun
- Nowadays vs today - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
On the other hand, "today" is most often understood to me "in the current 24-hour period", so there could be times when using "today" to mean "the current era" could create an ambiguity Usually the intent would be apparent from the context, but not necessarily
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- Difference between How are you? and How are you doing?
Good, that will do for today (That will be enough) How are you guys doing here? (Waitress addressing customers : Is everything all right?) DO is a process verb: you can proceed through an action, that is perform an action (do one's duty, do one's homework, do the dishes), or you can proceed through an appreciation, as in "The firm doing great"
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