Today means "the current day", so if you're asking what day of the week it is, it can only be in present tense, since it's still that day for the whole 24 hours. In other contexts, it's okay to say, for example, "Today has been a nice day" nearer the end of the day, when the events that made it a nice day are finished (or at least, nearly so).

The more common "What day is it today?" is answered by "It is X today", where "it" is a pleonastic pronoun.

Dec 12, 2016 · WIthin the context of this dialect, the formation "on today" and "on yesterday" would be considered correct by those speakers, or they wouldn't be saying it that way. However (and I cannot back this up with a citation), in general, most English speakers in the US would not use "on" before "today" or "tomorrow."

May 4, 2011 · "I ate lunch, today." - VS - "I ate lunch today." In this case you normally wouldn't put a comma, as there's no need. The second one is perfectly uacceptable. But if you put a comma, you would emphasise "today". So it might sound like "I normally don't eat lunch but today I did". "I ate lunch, while the others were out."

Nov 21, 2018 · Grammarians and English teachers will tell you not to use the preposition "on" with the adverbs "tomorrow," "today," and "yesterday" because it is already a part of their meaning. Tomorrow is defined as "on the day after today," today is defined as "on this day," and yesterday is defined as "on the day before today."

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Aug 5, 2011 · I (always) work today. (That is, "Today is Monday, and I always work on Mondays. Thus, I work today.") I am working today ... Present Continuous tense, which tells an action that continues during a period of time. TODAY is a period of 24 hours, so a continuous verb is a correct choice to tell an action that happens during a range of time.

Jan 23, 2014 · Google Ngram suggests that "today morning" (in blue) is virtually non-existent but nonetheless there are rare instances. However, on closer inspection I noted that the phrase was often separated with a comma such as: For ten minutes, twice today, morning and evening, let the idea for today sink deep into your consciousness.

Dec 30, 2014 · I believe either is acceptable. I have always used "by end of business" which normally means by 5pm. I think that it depends on who you are sending the email to. If it is a superior you might want to reconsider and define an exact time deadline. If it is to a subordinate giving a general time frame like end of today or end of the day would be fine.