‘I’m going to go camping this summer’ or ‘I’m going to go camping next summer’?

[touchstone]

Suppose it is January. Should I say ‘I’m going to go camping this summer’ or ‘I’m going to go camping next summer’?
Thanks.

 

[probus]

It is a difficult question.

Next means nearest, so in a purely denotative sense "this Thursday" is the same as "next Thursday." But some speakers use "this Thursday" to mean the closest one and next Thursday" to mean the one after that. I have never been able to figure out whether this is a matter of dialect or just idiosyncratic incompetence. I wind up just puzzling it out from the context.

 

[GoesStation]

Say "this summer". That's the usual way to say it, at least in AmE.

 

[touchstone]

[FONT=&#23435]It[/FONT]’[FONT=&#23435]s winter now. I went camping in July this year. Should I say [/FONT]“[FONT=&#23435]I went camping this summer[/FONT]”[FONT=&#23435] or [/FONT]“[FONT=&#23435]I went camping last summer[/FONT]”[FONT=&#23435]?[/FONT]
[FONT=&#23435]Thanks. [/FONT]

 

[Rover_KE]

this summer

 

[Polyester]

When can I say "last summer"?

 

[Polyester]

I went to camping in July last summer.

Is it work?

 

[Rover_KE]

No – it was pleasure.:roll:

Perhaps you mean 'Does it work?'

Say 'I went camping last July' if you went in July, 2015.

 

[emsr2d2]

If you're speaking now and you went camping in July 2016, just say "I went camping in July".
If you're speaking now and you went camping in July 2015, say "I went camping last July". However, you might find that some people think you mean July, 2016 so it's best to clarify.