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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Next year's or the next year's

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00If you have a time phrase like 'next year's' in possessive, should I put the word 'the' before it or should I not? I checked an online source and it seems to show both cases in frequent use. 02br 02br 00However, there can be some room for confusion in saying 'the next year'.

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  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00If you have a time phrase like 'next year's' in possessive, should I put the word 'the' before it or should I not?
  • I checked an online source and it seems to show both cases in frequent use.
  • 02br 02br 00However, there can be some room for confusion in saying 'the next year'.
  • When we say simply 'next year', we are speaking of the year following the present year.
  • When we say 'the next year', it usually means the year following some other year that we have previously mentioned.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00If you have a time phrase like 'next year's' in possessive, should I put the word 'the' before it or should I not? I checked an online source and it seems to show both cases in frequent use. 02font00That's true.02br
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01font00interested in (the??) next year's conven
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