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Mayjl  #319464  Wed, 24 Jan 07 09:18 PM
Is "3 days and 2 nights trip" a right way to speak and write in English?

Or should I write it as "three-day-two-night trip"?

Thanks for the help!! : )
  
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Clive  #319481  Wed, 24 Jan 07 10:10 PM

Hi,

Is "3 days and 2 nights trip" a right way to speak and write in English? No.

Or should I write it as "three-day-two-night trip"? If you want to say it that way, I'd write it as

'a three-day, two-night trip'. But I'd prefer to reword it, perhaps as 'a trip for three days and two nights'.

Best wishes, Clive

  
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Philip  #319589  Thu, 25 Jan 07 03:18 AM
More simply put: a three-day trip [two nights are obvious].
  
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Mayjl  #319991  Thu, 25 Jan 07 09:50 PM
Got it and thank you to both of you. Smile [:)]
  
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