Service will be 'unavailable Saturday' vs '…unavailable on Saturday'
I want to perfect this system message the most I can and am over-thinking the use of the proper words.
Is it better to say "Email will be unavailable Saturday 12/29 from 5 PM to 9 PM" or "Email will be unavailable on Saturday 12/29 from 5 PM to 9 PM."
Our client chose the message so I don't want to alter it too much which would make him think his English was bad, but I wish to use the proper way of letting the users know WHEN Email will be unavailable.
So is it 'unavailable Saturday 12/29' or 'unavailable on Saturday 12/29'?
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I want to perfect this system message the most I can and am over-thinking the use of the proper words.
Is it better to say "Email will be unavailable Saturday 12/29 from 5 PM to 9 PM" or "Email will be unavailable on Saturday 12/29 from 5 PM to 9 PM."
Our client chose the message so I don't want to alter it too much which would make him think his English was bad, but I wish to use the proper way of letting the users know WHEN Email will be unavailable.
So is it 'unavailable Saturday 12/29' or 'unavailable on Saturday 12/29'?
prefixes dates negative-prefixes
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I want to perfect this system message the most I can and am over-thinking the use of the proper words.
Is it better to say "Email will be unavailable Saturday 12/29 from 5 PM to 9 PM" or "Email will be unavailable on Saturday 12/29 from 5 PM to 9 PM."
Our client chose the message so I don't want to alter it too much which would make him think his English was bad, but I wish to use the proper way of letting the users know WHEN Email will be unavailable.
So is it 'unavailable Saturday 12/29' or 'unavailable on Saturday 12/29'?
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I want to perfect this system message the most I can and am over-thinking the use of the proper words.
Is it better to say "Email will be unavailable Saturday 12/29 from 5 PM to 9 PM" or "Email will be unavailable on Saturday 12/29 from 5 PM to 9 PM."
Our client chose the message so I don't want to alter it too much which would make him think his English was bad, but I wish to use the proper way of letting the users know WHEN Email will be unavailable.
So is it 'unavailable Saturday 12/29' or 'unavailable on Saturday 12/29'?
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Depending on the context, you may need to alter the email part.
For the sentence part, the correct way is:
Email will be unavailable on Saturday 12/29 from 5PM to 9PM
Usually when talking about days of the week, we say we are on this day.
answered 12 hours ago
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So is it 'unavailable Saturday 12/29' or 'unavailable on Saturday 12/29'?
Use "unavailable Saturday 12/29". It does not need to be corrected.
If you were writing it I would recommend "unavailable on Saturday 12/29" because that's my preference.
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Depending on the context, you may need to alter the email part.
For the sentence part, the correct way is:
Email will be unavailable on Saturday 12/29 from 5PM to 9PM
Usually when talking about days of the week, we say we are on this day.
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Depending on the context, you may need to alter the email part.
For the sentence part, the correct way is:
Email will be unavailable on Saturday 12/29 from 5PM to 9PM
Usually when talking about days of the week, we say we are on this day.
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Sweet_Cherry
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Depending on the context, you may need to alter the email part.
For the sentence part, the correct way is:
Email will be unavailable on Saturday 12/29 from 5PM to 9PM
Usually when talking about days of the week, we say we are on this day.
answered 12 hours ago
Sweet_Cherry
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Depending on the context, you may need to alter the email part.
For the sentence part, the correct way is:
Email will be unavailable on Saturday 12/29 from 5PM to 9PM
Usually when talking about days of the week, we say we are on this day.
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Sweet_Cherry
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So is it 'unavailable Saturday 12/29' or 'unavailable on Saturday 12/29'?
Use "unavailable Saturday 12/29". It does not need to be corrected.
If you were writing it I would recommend "unavailable on Saturday 12/29" because that's my preference.
answered 11 hours ago
J. Chris Compton
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So is it 'unavailable Saturday 12/29' or 'unavailable on Saturday 12/29'?
Use "unavailable Saturday 12/29". It does not need to be corrected.
If you were writing it I would recommend "unavailable on Saturday 12/29" because that's my preference.
answered 11 hours ago
J. Chris Compton
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So is it 'unavailable Saturday 12/29' or 'unavailable on Saturday 12/29'?
Use "unavailable Saturday 12/29". It does not need to be corrected.
If you were writing it I would recommend "unavailable on Saturday 12/29" because that's my preference.
answered 11 hours ago
J. Chris Compton
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So is it 'unavailable Saturday 12/29' or 'unavailable on Saturday 12/29'?
Use "unavailable Saturday 12/29". It does not need to be corrected.
If you were writing it I would recommend "unavailable on Saturday 12/29" because that's my preference.
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J. Chris Compton
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