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One big difference between "vacation" and "holiday" is that we use the word 'holiday' to talk about days that are celebrated by a lot of people. They include religious holidays: Christmas. Rosh Hashanah. Ramadan. They also include national holidays. An example of a national holiday for the United States is Independence Day.
In AE: Holiday = Christmas, Independence Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Chanakuh, Ramadan, Memorial Day, etc. Halloween is my favorite holiday because you get to wear costumes. There are many religious holidays in the month of December. Vacation = Time spent away from work usually, and very often involving travel.
context: Some of my colleague use I'm currently on holiday/vacation in their "Out Of Office" auto-reply and some use I'm currently on leave. As far as I understand this dictionary entry for on leave it should mean the same as on vacation/holiday but this post states that the speaker must have personal problems...
Yes, "holidays was " is incorrect (although there are natives who would say it). "Holiday" en singular es " (día) festivo". "Holidays" en plural, en británico quiere decir "vacaciones" o "vacation". "Vacation" es la versión americana de "holidays". Fíjate en que el sustantivo es en singular, y por tanto el verbo también: my vacation was ...
Mar 15, 2014. #6. I think to go on holiday/ vacation generally means that, yes, you are travelling somewhere. To be on holiday/vacation means that you are at leisure (not at work), whether at home or away. But, I agree that if it is the very start of your holiday/vacation you could use "go"- even if you will be staying at home- in the sense of ...
Japanese. Aug 4, 2015. #11. theartichoke said: Believe it or not, I didn't see your response because I was away on summer vacation until yesterday. "The" sounds OK to me if you use "during". It sounds a bit off with "on." I have no idea why. Thank you so much, Theartichoke.
quietdandelion said: Thanks, Setwale. Generally speaking, "in" is used before more than one days, i.e., in January/May, while "on" before one day, i.e., on Monday/Tuesday. But in this context, why is it "on his vacation," but not "in his vacation?" It is "vacations" at any rate but "in" just does not go in here.
Holiday is used to describe any day additional to your normal days off. If you normally work Monday to Friday, Saturday and Sunday are not holidays; if you work Tuesday to Saturday, Sunday and Monday are not a holidays. It is my mistake. At most , we can say Saturday as a day of rest is set by custom. In Chinese people do not work on Saturday ...
Jun 22, 2008. #2. C is much better than D, because the holiday isn't being possessed by anything. "Two-week" is simply an adjective, which works very well. You wouldn't be able to say "Because we'll have a Michael's holiday." On the other hand, if you take out the "a," you could potential say "two-weeks' holiday," if you want to say that the ...
2- I will leave for a week's vacation. 3- I am going on vacation for a week. 4- I am going on vaction for one week. 5- I will leave for a one week vacation. 6- I am leaving to go on a one week vacation. Of the two original sentences, I prefer the first. The repeated 'for' in the second sentence sounds. a little odd.