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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

"the next" vs "next"

Hi all,

What is the difference between "next Sunday" and "the next Sunday"? Or, "next two weeks" and "the next two weeks"?

Thank you,
M
  

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mitsuwao23 What is the difference between "next Sunday" and "the next Sunday"? Or, "next two weeks" and "the next two weeks"? In the case of two weeks , there is no choice.

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  • mitsuwao23 What is the difference between "next Sunday" and "the next Sunday"?
  • Or, "next two weeks" and "the next two weeks"?
  • In the case of two weeks , there is no choice.
  • It's always the next two weeks .
  • You can't have *We will study irregular verbs next two weeks.
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mitsuwao23What is the difference between "next Sunday" and "the next Sunday"? Or, "next two weeks" and "the next two weeks"?
In the case of two weeks, there is no choice. It's always the next two weeks. You can't have

*We will study irregular verbs next two weeks.
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For the other case, if you
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I see. Thank you for the clear explanations.

But I'm not sure why "next two weeks" needs always "the". How about "next week"? Is it still needs "the"? or how about "next month"

Thank you,
M
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mitsuwao23How about "next week"? Is it still needs "the"? or how about "next month"
Other expressions that follow the pattern of "Sunday", discussed above, are:

(the) next [week / month / year]
and
(the) next [name-of-day / name-of-month / name-of-season]

For example, all of the following are computed from the ti
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What else could I say besides Perfect? [<:o)]
I appreciate you very much!
M
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