This, last or next Friday

[nq:1]If I want to refer to this past Friday, July 25, do I call it this Friday or last Friday?[/nq]
I'd say "this past Friday" today.
[nq:1]If I want to refer to the Friday before that, July 18, do I call it last Friday or the Friday before last?[/nq]
Today, I'd say "last Friday" but I might have to add "the Friday before this past Friday" to be understandable.
[nq:1]If I want to

[nq:1]If I want to refer to this past Friday, July 25, do I call it this Friday or last Friday? ... If I want to refer to the coming Friday, August 1, do I call it this Friday or next Friday?[/nq]
I've lost track of how frequently we cover this, but I couldn't find anything in the FAQ.
Almost everyone uses "this Friday" and "next Friday" to refer to a day somewhere in the future and "last

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[nq:2]If I want to refer to this past Friday, July ... 1, do I call it this Friday or next Friday?[/nq]
[nq:1]Almost everyone uses "this Friday" and "next Friday" to refer to a day somewhere in the future and "last Friday" for a day in the past. Beyond that, all is confusion.[/nq]
This Brit would find it unexceptionable, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and possibly Saturday and Sunday ,

[nq:1]If I want to refer to this past Friday, July 25, do I call it this Friday or last Friday? ... If I want to refer to the coming Friday, August 1, do I call it this Friday or next Friday?[/nq]
Didn't we discuss this last Friday?

Peter Moylan (Email Removed) http://eepjm.new