Let’s imagine it’s currently Wednesday the 1st. Does “next Saturday” mean Saturday the 4th (the next Saturday to occur) or Saturday the 11th (the Saturday of next week)?
Let’s imagine it’s currently Wednesday the 1st. Does “next Saturday” mean Saturday the 4th (the next Saturday to occur) or Saturday the 11th (the Saturday of next week)?
Yep, I already discovered that xD
Now I am trying to prove that I’m right on the Internet to make myself feel better
Don’t worry, I’m on your side.
Edit: I’m an expert on Saturdays
Out of curiosity, how would you say “this saturday” and “next saturday” in your native language and what would the literal translation be?
I would say “this Saturday” and “next Saturday”, which literally translates to “this Saturday” and “next Saturday”. My native language is English ;)
Hah, oops, I thought you meant that you learned this lesson as a non native english speaker! I must have misunderstood.
Agreed that “this” Saturday would be in 3 days and “next” Saturday would be the following.
But to avoid this very conversation, I would at least say “the concert is not this Saturday but next Saturday”.
If what you say is misunderstood or ambiguous to multiple people, is it really the correct way to say it? It’s at least not the best way or even a good way to say it.
It hadn’t occured to me that I could be misunderstood, in the same way that it didn’t occur to me to explain that Saturday is the one after Friday. When I say “next Saturday” it’s completely obvious what I mean!
Judging by the comments here, and the fact that 4/9 people in my group thought I meant one thing and the other 5/9 thought I meant the other thing, this is a phrasing that I’ll have to retire. Even my own mother disagrees with me! I don’t know how I’ve made it so far through life without it being a problem before now
Use “the following…” to be clear next time.
Yeah, I would usually just say the date but is was in a hurry on this occasion and ended up with a lot of confusion