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  • dready
    Confirmed User
    • Oct 2002
    • 5247
    #1

    If today is Friday, and you say next Monday...

    Would you take that to mean this coming Monday, or the one after?
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    • polish_aristocrat
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Jul 2002
      • 40377
      #2
      I'd understand it as "this coming Monday".....
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        • MichelleB
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          • Aug 2007
          • 1146
          #3
          Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
          I'd understand it as "this coming Monday".....
          Ditto....

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            • Jens Van Assterdam
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              • Feb 2008
              • 6677
              #4
              yeah the coming monday.. not the week after that wtf?!
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                • D
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jan 2006
                  • 7412
                  #5
                  The way I was taught...

                  "next" nearly always means the one after "this coming" (i.e. 7 to 13 days away)

                  "this coming" would mean the one immediately after the weekend.



                  That said, it does appear to be an aspect of confusion in our culture, as it seems a lot of people don't know or use the proper cases for each.
                  -D.
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                    • D
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 7412
                      #6
                      Originally posted by D
                      "this coming" would mean the one immediately after the weekend.
                      Qualification: in your case, that's what using "this coming" would mean.
                      -D.
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                        • Ray Ecks
                          Registered User
                          • Dec 2007
                          • 56
                          #7
                          Originally posted by D
                          The way I was taught...

                          "next" nearly always means the one after "this coming" (i.e. 7 to 13 days away)

                          "this coming" would mean the one immediately after the weekend.



                          That said, it does appear to be an aspect of confusion in our culture, as it seems a lot of people don't know or use the proper cases for each.
                          I agree.

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                            • mn
                              Confirmed User
                              • Oct 2001
                              • 1505
                              #8
                              it means today.

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                                • LiveDose
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                                  • Feb 2002
                                  • 25792
                                  #9
                                  This coming otherwise it would be the 'following' Monday.

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                                    • Bojangles
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                                      • Apr 2007
                                      • 5419
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by mn
                                      it means today.
                                      I agree.

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                                        • dready
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Oct 2002
                                          • 5247
                                          #11
                                          I always took it to mean.. not this Monday, but the next Monday.

                                          Like, if someone said 'next Tuesday', would think he meant tomorrow, or the next one?
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                                            • Scott McD
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                                              • Nov 2002
                                              • 67798
                                              #12
                                              Today is Friday shit !!!!!!!!!!!!









                                              ;-)


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                                                • miss_jody
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                                                  • Apr 2007
                                                  • 807
                                                  #13
                                                  [QUOTE=dready;13830153]I always took it to mean.. not this Monday, but the next Monday.



                                                  i would take it the same way

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                                                    • ADL Colin
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                                                      • Feb 2001
                                                      • 11929
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by dready
                                                      I always took it to mean.. not this Monday, but the next Monday.
                                                      ... me too


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                                                        • D
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Jan 2006
                                                          • 7412
                                                          #15
                                                          Even though I believe my previous definition is both in line with yours and the proper definition, I think it means different things to different people.

                                                          That's one of the reasons I try and always set my definition when working with days of the week... I'll typically say "Next xday... meaning not this coming xday, but the next one" or "this coming xday," depending on which I mean.

                                                          Granted, when I say the former, I sometimes get a "I know what that means, bone-head" look... but I reckon that's better than some misunderstanding forming causing one of us to be a week off in related matters.
                                                          -D.
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                                                            • Holly
                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                              • Jun 2003
                                                              • 10017
                                                              #16
                                                              My mom and I go round and round and round about this, lol. Listening to us trying to make plans or schedule something is like "who's on first?".

                                                              If it's Friday and I say "next Monday", I literally mean the very next Monday. As in 3 days from now.

                                                              She always takes "next __day" to mean the week after next (which I would call "a week from Monday" or "Monday after next").
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                                                                • DirtyProfits
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                                                                  • May 2005
                                                                  • 1885
                                                                  #17
                                                                  You are cumming on Mondays?

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