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- From: jml12@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Jonathan M Lennox)
- Subject: "This" weekend vs. "Next" weekend
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.064116.13892@news.columbia.edu>
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- Organization: Columbia University
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 06:41:16 GMT
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- I noticed recently in a conversation with someone a difference of
- usage between different areas of the U.S. I distinguish between
- "this" weekend and "next" weekend, so that the former is the weekend
- immediately following the time I am talking about, whereas the latter
- is the weekend after that. This similarly applies to days of the
- week.
-
- However, I have run across many people who do not make this
- distinction--both "this" weekend and "next" weekend refer to the one
- directly following. Needless to say, this has caused some confusion
- when I am not thinking about my usage...
-
- I am from Massachusetts--I think the usage may be constrained to the
- northeast U.S. I know that it is not used in the Midwest.
-
- Any comments? Is this distinction made anywhere else in the
- English-speaking world?
-
- Jonathan Lennox
- jml12@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
-