Mondays 'to / through' Sundays

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Which is grammatically correct: Mondays to Sundays or Monday to Sunday?. Such phrase will be used to refer to a repeated cycle of events. please help
 
    • jcbphil said:
    Which is grammatically correct: Mondays to Sundays or Monday to Sunday?. Such phrase will be used to refer to a repeated cycle of events. please help
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    Welcome to the forum, jcbphil!

    Without any context, I would say "Monday to Sunday."

    If this cycle of days should correspond to a week, in the US weeks start on a Sunday and end on a Saturday, so you might want to say "Sunday to Saturday." For most other countries, the week begins on a Monday ending on a Sunday.

    Saludos.
     
    Thank you for the reply.

    I also had a friend who is AB English major and she told me it's OK to use "Mondays to Sundays" since it's going to refer to repeated events. Just like if you say "We're open on Sunday", it would mean "we are open for this Sunday (that particular date only)". Whereas, if you say "we're open on sundays", it would mean "we are open every sunday".

    I'm from the Philippines, by the way, and people here are so meticulous with grammar.

    Thanks a lot for taking the time.

    Mabuhay!
     
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    In US English if you are always open you can say "We are open seven days a week" or "open daily".

    The usual phrase is "Monday THROUGH Saturday" rather than "TO", which I have never seen.
    In that case you would be open on Monday, Saturday, and all the days between.
     
    Thank you very much for the reply.

    Its quite confusing since I've also seen many billboards using "Mondays to Sundays".

    I really appreciate this site. Thanks for the help.
     
    Monday through Sunday is AE (in my opinion). I would say Monday to Sunday. (Although as someone pointed out above 'open 7 days' would be more appropriate since in your example there's no day you're closed, so it seems rather redundant to specify. Something like 'Monday to Saturday' would work.) On a sign, Open Mon-Sat or Monday-Saturday etc. is fine too.
     
    If it is "through", I understand that it includes the last day.

    If it is "to", I am uncertain. If I were saying it, I would intend to exclude the last day, but often other people use it inclusively, as I use "through".
     
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    'Through', as Gwan points out is AE, whereas 'to' is normal for BE, etc., and would be understood as inclusive. Sometimes, we might say 'through to' to emphasise this.

    If you're opening everyday, I have also seen signs that say 'Open Sunday to Sunday'. This would be an alternative, but again like Gwan, I would prefer 'Open 7 days'.
     
    Sundays is a shorter sort of way to say "each week on Sunday". Although it sounds like a plural, I think it must be originally a genitive like sideways, besides, a long ways, etc., with the -s serving to make it adverbial. As an adverbial, it would be wrong after to or through, either of which normally requires a noun phrase as object.
     
    elianecanspeak said:
    In US English if you are always open you can say "We are open seven days a week" or "open daily".

    The usual phrase is "Monday THROUGH Saturday" rather than "TO", which I have never seen.
    In that case you would be open on Monday, Saturday, and all the days between.
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    You don't see it because it has confusion built into it. People will believe what they think is the norm. If stores in the area are never open on Sundays they will believe the sign excludes Sundays. If people in the area believe that all stores close by 10 p.m., then you will have a hard time coming up with a sign that communicates effectively that you are open until midnight.

    Does open Monday through Sunday mean:
    • Open including Monday and Sunday.
    • Open including Monday but not including Sunday.
    • Open just Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
    In 1966 a local supermarket decided to remain open around the clock. They put up a sign that said "Open 24 hours" and "Sunday through Saturday" and despite the signs people would ask if they would be open late on Sunday or early on Saturday. After about five or six different signs went (Open 7 days a week; Open around the clock"; etc.) up I suggested to the manager that they put up a sign that says, "We never close". That worked.
     
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