It is Thursday today; when is next weekend? |
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Comments: 4
Added: August 2007
| Vidableek - 29th February 2008 22:07 |
| "Today is wednesday, next friday we will be going to the beach." The question is - Is this person trying to say that we will go to the beach in 2 days or in 9 days? I have always used "next friday" and "this friday" as exactly the same thing. Although I have heard many people say that the word "next" implies that you are refering to the one after the closest one, and that you use "this" for the closest one. This has been argued about for quite a while now and I'm not sure which is correct. |
| lori - 21st August 2008 18:10 |
| I don't know if one is correct or incorrect, but the more important thing is what do people understand it to be. I have had this problem a lot lately -- to me next week or next weekend implies the week or the weekend AFTER this coming one ... otherwise why would you both using the word "next." But honestly I've had a lot of confusing communications regarding this recently, and I may have to start being more aware of this. However, I always make sure to mention the actual date in question, such as next Thursday, August 28th -- but people recently have just disregarded the date and assumed I meant the date they were thinking about, not the date I said ... |
| Vidableek - 1st October 2008 17:04 |
| This was on Seinfeld once. I have always used "next" and "this" Friday as meaning the same day. It makes sense because when you say "Next Friday", you mean the next Friday that is coming up, the next Friday to happen. If someone means to indicate the Friday of next week, they should say so. i.e. "The Friday after next", "A week from Friday", or "Friday, next week". Or all this mess could easily be avoided simply by saying the date you mean. |
| mohammed - 11th October 2009 21:13 |
| thank you |
