--- Dates: the earlier, the later, and the one(s) in between
From
http://www.wordreference.com/enit/date
---- THANKS to Kramer for his comments on natural English -- always welcomed and appreciated. And this is not redundant. It is well-Anglo-Normanly meant.
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Note that in Italian, we have as per above link:
"date", noun (of the month): data -- feminine rather than neuter
"Today's date is April 10."
"La data di oggi è il 10 di aprile".
But then:
"I will meet you again at a later date."
"Ti incontrerò di nuovo un altro giorno"
Which makes perfect sense. But one wonders: why 'data' would sound 'harsh' under the circumstances, and even changing 'un altro' to the feminine for 'data'.
Anyway.
"When are we having the date-jam?"
"Never"
"You said 'every other day'".
"Exactly."
"But that's tomorrow."
"No. It's not", etc.
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