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)?

    • Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca
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      7 months ago

      Only if the rest of the sentence matches the tense to make that clear.

      I went to a movie this Saturday

      This one is yesterday. But I personally would just say “I went to a movie Saturday” and drop the “this” entirely in that case.

      I’m going to a movie this Saturday

      This one refers to the upcoming Saturday.