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day - adjective sense

There are comments within the edit view of this article challenging the existance of the term day as an adjective. The comment pretty much states that day is a noun and is not an adjective - maybe a pronoun?--Williamsayers79 12:28, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

That is correct, day is a noun and a noun modifier but not an adjective. In some dialects, it can also be a pronoun and a possessive determiner, although these dialects are not usually written. —Stephen 14:14, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I would argue that in a set phrase such as day laborer, that day is being used as an adjective. I do agree though that the examples currently given in the definition function as function more as nouns of modification rather than as true adjectives. --EncycloPetey 18:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

"Day" in day laborer is a noun. Sometimes when people are not accustomed to distinguishing between compound nouns and nouns with adjectives can benefit by applying the stress rule. With compound nouns, the first noun usually bears the main stress for the compound; when dealing with adjectives, the adjective usually is not stressed. For example, a GERMAN teacher (a teacher of German) versus a German TEACHER (a teacher from Germany). A GREENhouse versus a green HOUSE. A BOOK report versus a bookish REPORT. It is quite unnatural to say "day LABOROR", and we say "DAY laboror" instead, and this is a strong indication that you’ve got a compound noun. —Stephen 22:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I confess that I am confused by this distinction quite often. Stephen, that is an excellent summary (reference?), that should be mentioned somewhere here - but I can't think of quite the right place for it. Appendix: English rules? It doesn't seem exactly applicable to WT:CFI or WT:ELE. --Connel MacKenzie 22:46, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Adjective

day

1. Occurring during daylight hours. E.g., "Don’t give up your day job."; "She works the day shift."

Verb sense

I'm not sure what to make of this. I eventually figured out that the serjeant wasn't paid in waifs (children), but what about the verbs "year" and "day"?

• 1845, The history of Kington, page 281:

  That the custom of the said manor was, and by all the time whereof the memory of man had been, that the serjeant or reeve of so much of the said manor of Huntington, […] have had of the lord of the said manor yearly, for his wages, all the waifs and strays happening within the said manor during the time of his said office, paying for the said waifs and strays, after the same shall be yeared and dayed, in manner and form following […]

-day

According to the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary : Although Received Pronunciation and General American are both traditionally considered to prefer /di/, most speakers in practice use both pronunciations for this suffix, often in a strong form—weak form relationship: /deɪ/ generally in exposed positions, for example at the end of a sentence: I’ll do it on Monday /ˈmʌndeɪ/; the di form is preferred in close-knit expressions such as ,Monday 'morning --Backinstadiums (talk) 20:36, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

those days

As in the expression in those days, and we already have these days --Backinstadiums (talk) 12:36, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

late in the day

late in the day
a. very late (in a particular situation)
b. too late
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/late-in-the-day

--Backinstadiums (talk) 19:58, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

half-day

taking preschool children in half-day sessions --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:31, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

younger days

Is it an idiom? the comparative younger as in one's younger days seems to indicate so --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:27, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Day of the month?

I don't see the meaning "A period into which a month is divided", as in month, where meanings "A period into which a year is divided" and "A period of 30 days" are split. E.g. "In the first days of July". What do you think? Gradilion (talk) 09:54, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

I suppose it is the same meaning as in "3. A period from midnight to the following midnight", just not very clear. Gradilion (talk) 09:58, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Could be likewise conceived as a day of the week. Gradilion (talk) 10:27, 16 July 2023 (UTC)