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160 holiday holidays
We use the singular holiday for a short period of, say, one or two days.
We've got a holiday next Tuesday.
We get five days’ Christmas holiday this year.
We often use holidays for the ‘big holiday’ of the year.
Where are you going for your summer holiday(s)?
We always use the singular in the expression on holiday. (Note the
preposition.)
| met her on holiday in Norway. (NOT ... tatettdays ...)
Americans use the word vacation for a long holiday.

161 home

We do not use fo before home.
i think !ligohome. She came home /ate.
(NOT ... theme.)
In American English, home is often used to mean at home.
ls anybody home?

162 hope

After / hope, we often use a present tense with a future meaning.
| hope she likes (= will like)the flowers.
| hope the bus comes soon.