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What does "next Saturday" mean (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

'This' is the first Saturday, 'next' is the second Saturday, from whatever day that you are in.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Not *when today is Sunday

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Not wegen today is Sunday

What?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You heard them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

‘This’ is the first Saturday, ‘next’ is the second Saturday, from whatever day that you are in.

Not wegen today is Sunday

What?

You heard them.

I'm asking for clarification, I do not know what's trying to be communicated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Autocorrect massacred the word when. Now my post should make more sense

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Autocorrect massacred the word when. Now my post should make more sense

Thanks for the correction and the reply, now it makes more sense.

Man I feel like I really earned that correction with some of the replies I got. :p

This’ is the first Saturday, ‘next’ is the second Saturday, from whatever day that you are in.

Not *when today is Sunday

Actually what I said still works. If you're on a Sunday, you have one Saturday in front of you still, and you would say "this Saturday".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Disagree. Even if it’s Sunday, the rule still applies.