According to Google Ngram viewer, "in the last week of..." is much more common. This fits with my feeling as a native speaker, too: in or during for a range of time like a week, month, or …

- last week means the week preceding the current one. - the last week refers to a period ending with the week in question , as in: - this is the last week I am working. ( I wil no longer work …

Jul 25, 2016 · The "last week" refers to the final week in a series. If the fourth week of July is the last, or final of four weeks of July, the current week would be the last week of July.

Jan 6, 2020 · 4 “The week before last” is the normal way of saying this, being an abbreviation of “the week before last week ”. (See Cambridge online Dictionary.) It is a standard linguistic …

Dec 5, 2011 · The singular versions (yesterday, last week, last year) are absolute. "In the last year" is equivalent to "in the last 365 days before today", and thus includes the current year. …

Of course, I admit I've always thought that last week was the week before this. So my question is: Do you think that use of the idiom last week has overpowered the correct usage "yester-week"?

Or, it could refer to the last 7 days of April. (Thanks to GEdgar for pointing this usage out). If you wanted to talk about the first week that was entirely in April, you would refer to the first full …

Mar 27, 2020 · Use of "only last week" vs "just last year" - and punctuation Ask Question Asked 5 years, 9 months ago Modified 5 years, 9 months ago

Apr 15, 2015 · I (and my interlocutors) have often experienced confusion when communicating with others regarding "last [day-of-week]", "this [day-of-week]" and "next [day-of-week]" In my …

Aug 2, 2015 · At the end of the week means you gonna read it at the weekend whereas by the end of the week means you're currently reading and will possibly read it till the end ( also …