Hi, everyone👋
Today we're gonna start talking about holidays and vacations in general.
The main difference between these two words (holidays and vacations) is that ‘holidays’ is a British English word, and ‘vacations’ is a North American one.
What can we do with 'vacation' [vəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n]? We can:
- take a vacation
- go on vacation (without any article here!)
The short variant of 'vacation' will be just 'vac'.
Let's take a look at the examples with these phrases:
We're taking a vacation in June.
We went on vacation to Puerto-Rico.
Have you managed to get a job for the summer vac?
Pay attention to the fact that there is the article 'a' in the phrase 'take a vacation', but there's no article in the phrase 'go on vacation'. Keep this in mind, please.
We all know that 'vacation' is a noun, but also it can be used as a verb, e.g. Earlier this summer, the family vacationed in Austria. So, we can say
- to vacation in somewhere
meaning to travel to a place in order to relax, when you are not at work or school.
One more example:
They like to vacation near the water.
Basically, the same works for the word 'holiday'. We can
- be on holiday
- go on holiday
- take a holiday
- holiday in somewhere
The short variant of 'holiday' will be just 'hols'.
When are you going on holiday?
Patricia is on holiday next week.
He is holidaying in Italy.
I think that’s enough for today. I hope you’ve found out something new, and if you enjoy the topic, give me ❤️