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Ditch Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

The Previous Day

If you would like the chairs arranged in a certain way, we will do it the previous day.

Is this acceptable or does "previous" put you past the event, looking back? If it isn't acceptable, what should be used instead? The preceding day? The day before?

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I would go with preceding day or day before ; 'the' with 'previous', I think, doesn't limit it to the day immediately before.

— Philip

  • I would go with preceding day or day before ; 'the' with 'previous', I think, doesn't limit it to the day immediately before.
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I would go with preceding day or day before; 'the' with 'previous', I think, doesn't limit it to the day immediately before.
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Oh, okay. But is this the only reason? I mean, is it okay to use "previous" to modify something that has yet to occur (as in I will do this on the previous day)? It feels screwy using it with the future tense.

Thanks.
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