In my summer holiday
Tove Heyerdahl
Which of the following phrases is the most correct or idiomatic:
1. In my summer holiday I went to Spain.
2. This summer holiday I went to Spain.
3. In the summer holiday I went to Spain.
The first and the third seem odd to me.
Thank you!
Don Phillipson
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> Which of the following phrases is the most correct or idiomatic:
> 1. In my summer holiday I went to Spain.
> 2. This summer holiday I went to Spain.
> 3. In the summer holiday I went to Spain.
It is even worse (English being what it is)
because many British people say holidays
(plural) selectively to mean time off, and
holiday (singular) to mean one episode
of travel or leisure. Americans more usually
say holiday (singular) for all purposes.
Additionally many British people say
"on my holiday" rather than in, as
"I went to Spain on my summer holiday(s)."
But you will find many also saying "These
holidays I had a holiday in Spain."
Donald Phillipson
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Mike Stevens
I find them all acceptable, but the second one feels to me a bit USAian
rather than UKian.
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Anne Burgess
> Which of the following phrases is the most correct or idiomatic:
> 1. In my summer holiday I went to Spain.
> 2. This summer holiday I went to Spain.
> 3. In the summer holiday I went to Spain.
They all look odd to me. I would say, "This summer I went to Spain on
holiday", or "I went to Spain for my summer holiday".
If my summer holidays (the time I had off school or work) were longer than
my summer holiday (the time I spent away from home) I might say, "In the
summer holidays I went to Spain".
Anne
(Native speaker of UK English)
Arty Smokes
"Tove Heyerdahl" <tov...@online.no> wrote in message
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4. In my summer holiday I went to Spain, but came home scared by Basque
terrorists. Now I've got to cancel my holiday to Turkey, too. Er, bye.
;o)
Thylacine
"Tove Heyerdahl" <tov...@online.no> wrote in message
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During the summer holidays, I went to Spain.
Your three options sound funny to me but are probably gramatically correct
(but English is like that)