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Reegis Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Next few days or Few next days?

Hello.

What is the correct order - 'next few' or 'few next'?

For example in such sentences:

1) I will be away for the next few hours.
2) I will be away over the few next days.
  

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I think both expressions don't sound English. "

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I think both expressions don't sound English. I would go with
"I will be away within the next few hours."
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1) I will be away for the next few hours. This one.
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MertIleriI think both expressions don't sound English.
The first one is completely natural to a native English speaker.

Please refrain from answering threads if you are not a native speaker or very fluent in English.

Your sentence is OK, but it does not have the same meaning as this one.
1) I will be away for the next few hours.
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AlpheccaStars1) I will be away for the next few hours. This one.
Thanks AlpheccaStars - I suspected this one, but I was misled by my dictionary where you can find the exact phrase 'over the few next days/weeks'. It looked strange to me.

I guess that "I will be away within the next few hours" means that not necessarily I will be away for
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