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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Next week last week

"They were going to India next week last week"

I found the above sentence in a book on syntax. What does it mean, actually?
  

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" This sounds odd.

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  • " This sounds odd.
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"They were going to India next week last week."

This sounds odd.
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You'll hear that sort of thing in informal conversation. With the right stress and pausing, and in the right context, it means that they said last week that they were going to India next week.
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Thank you very much, Fivejedjon and vsuresh. Appreciate it!
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