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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      9 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.

      I’m going to a movie this Saturday This one refers to the upcoming Saturday.