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how did "back in the day.." come about? is it grammatically correct/acceptable to use?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I've never heard anyone say "back in the day". Did you mean "back in the days of..."? If so, then it's perfectly grammatically acceptable. For example, you might find it in such statements as "Back in the days of music hall, it was common for whole families to be performers." The phrase is simply a way of indicating that it is a reference to the past.
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I've heard the expression 'back in the day' used. I think it tends to be used more in America and I've more often heard it used at the end of a sentence, like 'You used to see a lot of them, back in the day'.
Check out this website if you want to know exactly when 'back in the day' was for your age. Apparently, for me, it was 1986 - 1990!
http://www.happyrobot.net/robotchow/backintheday.asp