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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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If today is Monday is next Friday this coming Friday?

If today is Monday and someone says they will pay me next Friday, I interpret that to mean literally the following Friday or four days from now. But, most of the time they actually mean they will pay me Friday the following week or (what I would call) Friday a week. Which is correct?
Thank you. George
  

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" If one says, "I will pay you next Friday," that would mean a week from the Friday that is 4 days later than the day the statement is made. Another way that this is expressed in my parts of the country (Deep South and Southwest) is, "I will pay you Friday week," which means a week from the Friday that occurs 4 days later.

— Sam1947

  • " If one says, "I will pay you next Friday," that would mean a week from the Friday that is 4 days later than the day the statement is made.
  • Another way that this is expressed in my parts of the country (Deep South and Southwest) is, "I will pay you Friday week," which means a week from the Friday that occurs 4 days later.
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I don't know if this is technically correct or not, but in usage in areas where I have lived, if one means the Friday following the Monday on which one is speaking, one would say, "I will pay you this Friday," or, "I will pay you Friday."

If one says, "I will pay you next Friday," that would mean a week from the Friday that is 4 days later than the day the statement is made.

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Hi,

If today is Monday and someone says they will pay me next Friday, I interpret that to mean literally the following Friday or four days from now. So do I.

It's also often said as simply 'I'll pay you (on) Friday'.



But, most of the time they actually mean they will pay me Friday the following week Some people seem to give it that meaning. Not me.

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