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Springmeans Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Which date are you talking about?
Hi, all. Hope you are having a great Sunday!
Sometimes I am not clear when people are giving me a date using 'next', 'following', 'this' etc.
(I tried to attach a calendar shot here, but this system doesn't let me upload any file. It say missing plugin.., Hmm anyway.)
Say it's Wedn (May 2nd)
-I have a meeting this Sat : May 5
-I had a party last Mon: Apr 30
(Or, should I say 'this Monday'?)
-I have a workshop next Tues: May 8
-I have a workshop on the following Tues: May 8
-I have a workshop on Tues following week: May 8
-I have a workshop on Tues a week after: May 8
Can anyone tell me if any of those are incorrect?
Is there any other way to describe a future or a past dates?
Many thanks.
Sometimes I am not clear when people are giving me a date using 'next', 'following', 'this' etc.
(I tried to attach a calendar shot here, but this system doesn't let me upload any file. It say missing plugin.., Hmm anyway.)
Say it's Wedn (May 2nd)
-I have a meeting this Sat : May 5
-I had a party last Mon: Apr 30
(Or, should I say 'this Monday'?)
-I have a workshop next Tues: May 8
-I have a workshop on the following Tues: May 8
-I have a workshop on Tues following week: May 8
-I have a workshop on Tues a week after: May 8
Can anyone tell me if any of those are incorrect?
Is there any other way to describe a future or a past dates?
Many thanks.
Top answer
The punctuation is wrong in all of them: use commas, not colons. Say it's Wednesday (May 2nd)-- Then these are OK and the others are not: -I have a meeting this/next Saturday,May 5 -I had a party this/last Monday, Apr 30 -I have a workshop next Tuesday, May 8 -I have a workshop not next Tuesday but on the following Tuesday, May 15. There are no absolute rules for this/last/next , particularly when the dates are near ones; native speakers negotiate for meaning frequently: A: I had a test last Wednesday.
- The punctuation is wrong in all of them: use commas, not colons.
- Say it's Wednesday (May 2nd)-- Then these are OK and the others are not: -I have a meeting this/next Saturday,May 5 -I had a party this/last Monday, Apr 30 -I have a workshop next Tuesday, May 8 -I have a workshop not next Tuesday but on the following Tuesday, May 15.
- There are no absolute rules for this/last/next , particularly when the dates are near ones; native speakers negotiate for meaning frequently: A: I had a test last Wednesday.
- B: You mean this week or last week?
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The punctuation is wrong in all of them: use commas, not colons.
Say it's Wednesday (May 2nd)-- Then these are OK and the others are not:
-I have a meeting this/next Saturday,May 5
-I had a party this/last Monday, Apr 30
-I have a workshop next Tuesday, May 8
-I have a workshop not next Tuesday but on the following Tuesday, May 15.
Say it's Wednesday (May 2nd)-- Then these are OK and the others are not:
-I have a meeting this/next Saturday,May 5
-I had a party this/last Monday, Apr 30
-I have a workshop next Tuesday, May 8
-I have a workshop not next Tuesday but on the following Tuesday, May 15.
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Oh, I didn't mean to include those dates (May 5, Apr 30.. so on..) in the sentence. I only put the date to make it clear which they I think the sentence refers.
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So, what you are saying is when a speaker talks about a date using 'this' or 'next', it needs to be identified when not clear?-- That's right: sometimes it's just not clear at first.
I thought so. Sometimes I even not sure when the train announces 'the Next stop' or ' This stop'. I guess they can mean the same, which is 'the very first stop from now'.- Right.
I thought so. Sometimes I even not sure when the train announces 'the Next stop' or ' This stop'. I guess they can mean the same, which is 'the very first stop from now'.- Right.
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