if it was next week after this week (is/was) over, it would be...

[NAL123]

Question: what's the difference between "I will be coming in late next week" and "I will be coming in late for the next week"?

Response (1): if it was next week after this week is over, it would be "I will be coming in late next week"...
Response (2): if it was next week after this week was over, it would be "I will be coming in late next week"...

Which response is grammatical/idiomatic?

 

[jutfrank]

I think they're both horrible. Who said or wrote them?

What is 'next week after this week is over' supposed to mean?

 

[PeterCW]

We need to know the source of the examples.

I would add that the precise meaning of "next week" will depend on context and regional usage and is open to misunderstanding even among native speakers.

 

[Tarheel]

Question: what's the difference between "I will be coming in late next week" and "I will be coming in late for the next week"?

One of them makes sense. The other one doesn't.

Do you know what "next week" means?

 

[5jj]

One of them makes sense. The other one doesn't.

They both make sense to me.
"I will be coming in late next week" refers to the week beginning on the Monday after the day of speaking.
"I will be coming in late for the next week" refers to the seven-day period beginning the day after speaking.

 

[NAL123]

Source here (the second comment by PsychSalad).

What is 'next week after this week is over' supposed to mean?

Should it be just: 'next week after this week is over'?

 

[emsr2d2]

Source here (the second comment by PsychSalad).

Should it be just: 'next week after this week is over'?

No. No one says "next week after this week" as a standalone phrase. The person was trying to explain what they interpret "for next week" to mean. To avoid doubt, they're saying "That means, to me, the next week [that happens] after this week is over". They're being overly wordy to be clear. That doesn't mean that in actual speech, anyone would say all of that instead of just saying "next week".

 

[jutfrank]

Okay, I see now. So the thought is this:

In the sentence 'I will be coming in late next week', the time phrase 'next week' means 'the week after this week'.

 

[Tarheel]

"I will be coming in late for the next week" refers to the seven-day period beginning the day after speaking.

Two things. One, that's the one that doesn't make sense to me despite your explanation. Two, you don't have to disagree with every single thing I say. (You seem to think you do.) You can take a break from that every once in a while.

 

[5jj]

Two things. One, that's the one that doesn't make sense to me despite your explanation.

Today is Sunday for me at the time of writing. If I say that I will be coming in late for the next week, it means that I will be coming in late tomorrow, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (and, if I come in seven days a week, Saturday and Sunday).

Two, you don't have to disagree with every single thing I say.

I don't.

 

[NAL123]

To avoid doubt, they're saying "That means, to me, the next week [that happens] after this week is over". They're being overly wordy to be clear.

Thank you! I understand what you're saying. However, here I'm more concerned about a sentence such as this one:

1) If it was the next week [that happens] after this week is over, it would be "I will be coming in late next week"...

Although verbose, is it grammatically okay? Or should it be:

2) If it was the next week [that happens] after this week was over, it would be "I will be coming in late next week"...