vaijones2002
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A poster for a gig of mine prepared by someone else read 'gig next saturday'
The intended day refered to here was not the coming saturday but the following one.
To me this rang as unclear, although my hunch is its technically correct to a degree. I've thought this through and here's my logic, I wonder if anyone can tell me if I'm correct or not:
Point 1. If I was first in a queue and someone said 'who's next' I would step forward, not the person following me in the queue.
Point 2. A gig advertised for the coming saturday may also be expressed 'Gig this saturday'.
Point 3. If I were trying to be exact, I might say 'no gig this sat, but there will be a gig next sat'.
Point 4. I could also say 'There was no gig this saturday, but there will be a gig next saturday.
ok, now take Point 1, this application of 'next' would imply that the original advertisment of 'gig next sat' in reference to the following saturday is incorrect.
now considering point 2, this implies that the saturday that will come around first can be pinpointed with 'this' and then Point 3 clarifies that 'next' can mean the saturday after the first one, in disagreement with point 1.
Point 4, caused me a headache as i'm not sure if its correct english but it is something that to me would be understandable.
I am concluding that you can't refer to the intended gig day as 'next saturday' and be 100% clear unless you make apparent which saturday, the previous or the coming, is 'this' saturday.
In other words when 'this' is the saturday just gone, then 'next' is the saturday coming. When 'this' is the saturday coming, then 'next' is the following saturday.
I can't think of another situation where this problems arises. Is it specific to discussions about which day?
Many thanks
The intended day refered to here was not the coming saturday but the following one.
To me this rang as unclear, although my hunch is its technically correct to a degree. I've thought this through and here's my logic, I wonder if anyone can tell me if I'm correct or not:
Point 1. If I was first in a queue and someone said 'who's next' I would step forward, not the person following me in the queue.
Point 2. A gig advertised for the coming saturday may also be expressed 'Gig this saturday'.
Point 3. If I were trying to be exact, I might say 'no gig this sat, but there will be a gig next sat'.
Point 4. I could also say 'There was no gig this saturday, but there will be a gig next saturday.
ok, now take Point 1, this application of 'next' would imply that the original advertisment of 'gig next sat' in reference to the following saturday is incorrect.
now considering point 2, this implies that the saturday that will come around first can be pinpointed with 'this' and then Point 3 clarifies that 'next' can mean the saturday after the first one, in disagreement with point 1.
Point 4, caused me a headache as i'm not sure if its correct english but it is something that to me would be understandable.
I am concluding that you can't refer to the intended gig day as 'next saturday' and be 100% clear unless you make apparent which saturday, the previous or the coming, is 'this' saturday.
In other words when 'this' is the saturday just gone, then 'next' is the saturday coming. When 'this' is the saturday coming, then 'next' is the following saturday.
I can't think of another situation where this problems arises. Is it specific to discussions about which day?
Many thanks
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