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)?

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    9 months ago

    Oh yes, I guess I should add more words to the examples

    • “Next Saturday I will go to the movies”
    • “This Saturday I will go to the movies”

    “this” feels more appropriate

    • “Next Sunday I will go to the movies”
    • “This Sunday I will go to the movies”

    “next” feels more appropriate

    Even with the “coming” to clarify, it feels more natural to associate “this” with items that are in this week (Sunday to Saturday) and “next” with items that start on the following week’s Sunday