Grammar punctuation

[english_learn]

Which below sentences are correct?

· Your document is due 7.00PM on Sunday.
· Your document is due 7.00PM Sunday
· Your document is due 7.00PM Sunday, Dec 22

 

[tedmc]

Your document is due at 7.00 p.m. on Sunday.

not a teacher

 

[english_learn]

How about if I want to say with the date ?

 

[tedmc]

Your document is due at 7.00 p.m. on Sunday, 22 December.

not a teacher

 

[english_learn]

Your document is due at 7.00 p.m. on Sunday, 22 December.

not a teacher

Just I want to know which of my sentences are correct and wrong. if they are wrong what is missing?

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE, the word "at" was missing before the time in each of your sentences. The word "on" was missing from your second and third sentences. A closing punctuation mark was missing from your second and third sentences. The date only appeared in your third sentence. In BrE, there's no need to write "7.00 pm" - just "7pm".

On the basis of those comments, none of your sentences were correct.

In case you're curious, here is how I would write it:

Your document is due at 7pm on Sunday, December 22nd.

 

[english_learn]

Thanks for the quick update , can we say : "Your document is due by 7pm on Sunday, December 22nd" ?

 

[tedmc]

A 'due date or time' is a fixed point in time.
A 'due-by date or time' doesn't make sense.

not a teacher

 

[SoothingDave]

A 'due date or time' is a fixed point in time.
A 'due-by date or time' doesn't make sense.

not a teacher

Sure it does. Something can be due "by" a certain time and date. It means it can be turned in at any time up to the stated due date.

 

[Barb_D]

In the US, we write times as 7:00 not 7.00.

 

[Rover_KE]

Please note that a better title would have been Your document is due 7.00PM on Sunday.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

 

[english_learn]

Just to clarify, can I then say " your document is due by 3AM tomorrow"?
Can I then say " it is due by 8AM tomorrow"?

 

[Barb_D]

Yes.

 

[tedmc]

Sure it does. Something can be due "by" a certain time and date. It means it can be turned in at any time up to the stated due date.

When something is due at a certain time and date, it is also understood that it can be turned in at any time up to the stated due time and date, like for example, when you return books borrowed from a library.

Is there any advantage in saying something is due by a certain time and date instead of due at a certain time and date?

 

[Tarheel]

When something is due at a certain time and date, it is also understood that it can be turned in at any time up to the stated due time and date, like for example, when you return books borrowed from a library.

Is there any advantage in saying something is due by a certain time and date instead of due at a certain time and date?

Is it somehow better to say "due by"? I can't see how.

 

[jacobyo]

Not a teacher

i think this is write "Your document is due at 7.00 p.m. on Sunday, 22 December."

 

[tedmc]

It is common to see ' to be used by...' but not 'due by...'. I prefer 'due at ' anytime.

not a teacher

 

[emsr2d2]

not a teacher

I think this is [strike]write[/strike] right - "Your document is due at 7.00 p.m. on Sunday, 22 December."

Jacobyo, you must start your responses to other learners with "not a teacher". See my corrections above.

 

[SoothingDave]

When something is due at a certain time and date, it is also understood that it can be turned in at any time up to the stated due time and date, like for example, when you return books borrowed from a library.

Is there any advantage in saying something is due by a certain time and date instead of due at a certain time and date?

Like I said, "due by" includes the period before the date given. "Due at" does not necessarily. A teacher may want you to turn in your paper in class on a certain date. That is when it is "due at." He may not want you to give it to him in his office 3 days earlier.

If I had books from a library, I would consider them to be "due by" the date stamped on them.

This may be an AmE/BrE difference.