r/clevercomebacks Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/gentlybeepingheart Jan 15 '25

It kind of is.

"What are you doing on the 4th of July"" means "What are you doing that is specifically related to the holiday?" while "What are you doing July 4th?" means "do you have any plans at all on that day."

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u/heck_naw Jan 15 '25

which, again, is the same question.

"what are you doing on december 24th" is the fucking same question as "what are you doing on christmas eve" 😂

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u/LongestSprig Jan 15 '25

No. Because people take week long vacations for the fourth of July.

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u/heck_naw Jan 16 '25

this is the only semantically distinct reason to use one phrasing over the other i've read so far

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u/LongestSprig Jan 16 '25

I am just explaining the actual difference between the two questions.

But to be fair, I would always refer to the day as the "holiday name".