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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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which thursday?

Let's say today is Tuesday, and if someone says something like this, "Next Thursday we are going to...", does this person mean Thursday of the same week (which is 2 days from today), or Thursday of the coming week? Thanks
  

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", does this person mean Thursday of the same week (which is 2 days from today), or Thursday of the coming week? Thanks It is ambiguous and the person who said the should make it clear. "

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  • ", does this person mean Thursday of the same week (which is 2 days from today), or Thursday of the coming week?
  • Thanks It is ambiguous and the person who said the should make it clear.
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Anonymous Let's say today is Tuesday, and if someone says something like this, "Next Thursday we are going to...", does this person mean Thursday of the same week (which is 2 days from today), or Thursday of the coming week? Thanks
It is ambiguous and the person who said the should make it clear.
Usually if it's Tuesday, and we mean 2 days from now, we sa
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It is very confusing to me. But I just found out, unfortunately, my professor meant this coming Thursday which is tomorrow that we are supposed to bring to class a task to present, phmm. I really did think she meant Thursday next week when she said "next Thursday", then I remembered in English it might mean a different day from what that would if spoken in my language.

This never fails to
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