Let's meet next Friday!

[dervast]

Hello! One more time related problem

Today is Tuesday and I said the following phrase "Let's meet on next Friday"
some of the people understood this week's Friday while other people understood next week's Friday.

Which is one is correct?

A little bit confusing. Right?

 

[bhaisahab]

Hello! One more time related problem

Today is Tuesday and I said the following phrase "Let's meet on next Friday"
some of the people understood this week's Friday while other people understood next week's Friday.

Which is one is correct?

A little bit confusing. Right?

Today is Tuesday the 13th, next Friday is the 16th; Friday next week is the 23rd.

 

[magimagicE]

Actually, I would interpret it as: Today is Tuesday the 13th, this or this coming Friday is the 16th; next Friday is the 23rd.

 

[Barb_D]

Actually, I would interpret it as: Today is Tuesday the 13th, this or this coming Friday is the 16th; next Friday is the 23rd.

Me too.

 

[Searching for language]

Me too.

 

[bhaisahab]

If it is Tuesday the 13th, I would expect, next Friday, this Friday, this coming Friday, to mean the same thing, Friday the 16th.

 

[Searching for language]

Gramatically, of course you are correct.

However, in common usage, at least in Canada, next Friday, would be the following week.

I am not a teacher.

 

[dervast]

For me (just a student) it has to do with how people understand the notions of time and days. It is not something that has to do with English grammar or syntax. So I would try to avoid using it in the future and I ll try to stick to
Let's meet this week;s Friday
Let;s meet next week's Friday.

Cheers
Alex

 

[tedtmc]

If it is Tuesday the 13th, I would expect, next Friday, this Friday, this coming Friday, to mean the same thing, Friday the 16th.

This Friday and next Friday refer to the same day? It is simply not logical.
You might as well say that this week and next week are the same week!
In NZ (and probably in Australia too), they call next Friday(next week's Friday), 'Friday week'.

 

[Barb_D]

For me (just a student) it has to do with how people understand the notions of time and days. It is not something that has to do with English grammar or syntax. So I would try to avoid using it in the future and I ll try to stick to
Let's meet this week;s Friday
Let;s meet next week's Friday.

Cheers
Alex

Hi Alex,
I agree with your suggestion that just being clear about it would be best.

But your suggestions (at least in the US) would be better as "Let's meet Friday of this week" or "this coming Friday" OR "Let's meet on Friday of next week" or "next week on Friday."

At least in the US, "this week's Friday" or "next week's Friday" isn't idiomatic. (Maybe it is elsewhere though!)

 

[BobK]

Gramatically, of course you are correct.

However, in common usage, at least in Canada, next Friday, would be the following week.

I am not a teacher.

Interesting. To me, in the UK, 'next Friday' is ambiguous (though it wouldn't be used on Wednesday or Thursday.

Thursday: 'tomorrow' = Friday
Wednesday: 'the day after tomorrow' = Friday
Tuesday or before: 'next Friday' could either mean 'this Friday' or 'the Friday of next week'.

To be clear, we say either 'this Friday' or 'Friday next/the Friday of next week/Friday week', whichever applies. (This takes me back to a time when this ambiguity arose at my place of work. The person who said 'next Friday' was called Julian. Thereafter we would always check whether it was 'Friday according to the Julian calendar'... I guess you had to be there).

Often, when someone says 'next Friday' the hearer asks 'Is that this coming Friday, or the Friday of next week?' I know the American way is more logical, but Britannia waives the rules.

b

 

[Barb_D]

Two puns in one post is over the limit, sir!

(I think the Julian calendar thing is hysterical!)

 

[Nightmare85]

My opinion:
This week: This Friday.
Next week: Next Friday.

Today is Tuesday.
Let's meet this week.
Let's meet this Friday.

Let's meet next week.
Let's meet next Friday.

**Neither a teacher nor a native speaker.**

Cheers!