salam1101  +  45624 Wed, 15 Sep 04 04:23 AM Today is Monday and I was too busy last week and am going to be till Wednesday. ''I haven't had a day off since last Tuesday and I won't have any till Wednesday.'' I'm using present perfect and simple future to express somthing that started in the past and will finish in the future. Can I shorten above two sentences to one? or there is a better way to say it. Thanks salam1101 Joined on Mon, Dec 15 2003 Full Member 117 Present Perfect

	CalifJim  +  45631 Wed, 15 Sep 04 05:58 AM Assuming the part in quotes is what you mean by "above two sentences", I have to say that this is only one sentence. (There is only one period at the end.) To make it two sentences, you would have: "I haven't had a day off since last Tuesday. I won't have any till Wednesday." Either as one or as two sentences, the idea is completely understandable. To shorten it may require telling the facts of the sentence in a different way. You could say, for example, "From last Wednesday through this coming Tuesday are all work days for me." However, I don't see it as any great improvement over what you already have! CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,465 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche