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Is the “les” needed in “dans les deux jours”?

There is indeed a nuance:

“Dans deux jours” means “in two days”

“Dans les deux jours” means “within the next two days”

So if I say on a Monday “je reviendrai dans deux jours”, that means I’ll show up on Wednesday, not before. Compare with “je reviendrai dans les deux jours”: I can show up at any time between today and Wednesday.

You can also use it with other units of time: “le colis doit être renvoyé dans les 2 mois”, “j’exige une réponse dans les 2 heures”.

If you wish to express the same nuance with a single unit of time, you would say “je vous rappelle dans l’heure”, “je reviendrai dans la journée” (not “*dans le jour”), “je compte finir ce projet dans l’année” (not “*dans l’an”), “ce sera prêt dans la minute”.

 

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