Timeline for Does "8 days" mean "after 8 days"?
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| Aug 31, 2011 at 22:11 | comment | added | Fraser Orr | Probably true, but contextually dependent. | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 20:45 | vote | accept | Tarik | ||
| Aug 31, 2011 at 20:37 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | But it's not at all uncommon for tradesmen, for example, to say they'll have your job completed "within x days". When they know perfectly well that they mean "x working days" (of which there are only 5 in a week, but they don't mind if you assume they mean "elapsed days" (of which there are 7 in every week). That difference will only be pointed out later if you complain about the job being behind schedule. | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 18:17 | history | answered | Fraser Orr | CC BY-SA 3.0 |