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A man left his house on Friday to stay in another town. He stayed in the town for 3 days and he left Friday. How did he do it?

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@mikekliebert,

How long did it take him to get to the other town?
Did he cross the international date line?
Did he cross multiple time zones?

Judging by the info you provided, he left on Friday, traveled for 3 days (Saturday, Sunday, and Monday), spent 3 days in the other town (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday), and left on Friday.

Or, the Friday he left on was a womans name

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@mikekliebert,

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A man left his house on Friday to stay in another town. He stayed in the town for 3 days and he left Friday. How did he do it?

Friday is the name of his horse.

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@chai2,

...or the name of an island.

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@chai2,

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Friday is the name of his horse.

There is an oddity about the riddle as stated. In American English, I thought, they say "left Friday" where British English users would say "left on Friday", when the meaning is "left on the day of the week called Friday". Yet the riddle mixes the two. You can have both leavings being "on" Friday, and it still works in BrE, but if you omit the "on" in both, it fails to be a riddle.

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@chai2,

friday is the name of his horse

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

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Friday is the name of his horse.

There is an oddity about the riddle as stated. In American English, I thought, they say "left Friday" where British English users would say "left on Friday", when the meaning is "left on the day of the week called Friday". Yet the riddle mixes the two. You can have both leavings being "on" Friday, and it still works in BrE, but if you omit the "on" in both, it fails to be a riddle.

Actually, I think most Americans would say "left on Friday", although "left Friday" would be acceptable and understood.

For instance, I would say "I have an appointment on Wednesday", not "I have an appointment Wednesday"

maybe that's just me though.

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@chai2,

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@contrex,

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So what exactly is your point connie?

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@chai2,

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So what exactly is your point connie?

Although both forms are used in American English, you often see events and days expressed without "on" in US printed media, but hardly ever in material originating in British English areas. That's all.

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