fall

Anonymous wrote:

Hi, I recently learned that the word 'fall' can mean "to happen on a particular day or at a particular time, but I don't understand its usage very well. e.g. 1."New Year's Day falls/fell on a Monday this year."  I have two questions about the sentence above. a) Should we use 'falls' or 'fell' in the case above? b) Could I use be verb instead of 'falls' or 'fell' here, as in   "New Year's Day is/ was on a Monday this year."  If so, should we use 'is' or 'was' here? Since you are necessarily talking about a past event, you will use "fell" and "was". If you were talking about next year's New Year's Day, then you can use "falls" and "is".  2."Labor Day is/falls on May 1st." Are 'falls' and 'is' interchangeable here?  They can both be used as the date changes annually [actually, the first Monday in September]  Thank you very much.

It's the opposite: fall is the present and fell is the past, in fact it is fall-fell-fallen.

I hope it helps

Hi,
Thank you, feebs11 for your reply.
I have two more questions about the topic as follows:

Question #1
e.g.
1. "New Year's Day was on a Monday this year."
2. "New Year's Day was a Monday this year."
Which sentence is correct?

Question #2
e.g.
"New Years's Day falls on January 1st every year."
Is it fine to use 'falls' in the sentence?

Thanks

Hi,

Thank you so much, Feebs11.