I'm a firm believer that "Next Saturday" refers to the upcoming one, however, I understand most people do not, therefore it's easiest to ask how many days, or the specific date. I.E. Saturday the 15th, Weekend of the 15th, in 12 days.
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Saturday is Saturday. Next Saturday is not. Otherwise why add the modifier?
coming Saturday = Saturday 4th
next Saturday = Saturday 11th
It's the same with "bi-weekly". Does that mean twice every week, or once every 2 weeks?
There's a bunch of ambiguous stuff in the English language. The only real solution is just avoid ambiguity in the first place by not using the phrase
This is why I NEVER use the word "inflammable." "Flammable" doesn't have that built-in possibility to confuse apprentices.
Saturday the 4th is part of "this week" so it's "this Saturday".
Saturday the 11th is part of "next week" so it's "next Saturday".
Otherwise "next Saturday" and "Saturday next week" would mean different things.
Yeah, it'd be great if that were the case. But Saturday the 4th is also just the next Saturday in terms of Saturdays.
It's an ambiguous term and so always needs clarify gbas you and the person you're talking to may be thinking along different lines.
I think we can all agree it's confusing. I am just pointing out that there is an internal consistency in why it's phrased in this way.
If somebody says to me next Sunday I just assumed they mean the next Sunday to come around. Especially because there is a lot of ambiguity about when the week begins and ends. American software likes to default to calling Saturday the final day of the week, and Sunday the first day of the following week.
Technically "next Sunday" is the nearest Sunday (eg "sunday of next week"), however next Saturday is not (because it's the Saturday of next week"). This assumes we all accept that Sunday is considered the start of the week - which isn't always the case nowadays.
It's chaos! But I'm just pointing out that there's a wired logic to it, which I assume at some point made more sense than it does in our time.
Just stop being ambiguous. Give a specific date, because based on the number of answers here "next Saturday" could mean anything from last week to 6 years from now (yes, I'm being dramatic for effect).
When we get to this Saturday, next Saturday moves a week beyond our grasp. In some sense, when we die, our own timeline ends, and we can finally arrive at next Saturday for the first time.
Because the longest lives are around 110 years, and children start speaking around 3, the furthest in the future "next Saturday" can be is abouy 107 years.
"This Saturday" is the first Saturday occurring in the next 7 days. ""Next Saturday" is the one after "This Saturday".
The "Next Saturday" is just the next Saturday, the closest Saturday right? Or does it work differently in English?
i agree with this and don't even think about it because it makes so much obvious sense, and i confuse people often who believe it to mean the one after the next one (aka "this" one) smh
That's what I'm trying to find out. Most people seem to think that you're wrong, and that it would be "this Saturday" if it's this week, and "next Saturday" is the one after that. So if you're on Sunday then "this Saturday" would be yesterday and "next Saturday" would be six days. But usually, "next Saturday" is more than 7 days away
I say next Saturday for the Saturday that will occur soonest.
If someone waiting at a bus stop asks me which bus goes to the train station, I say the “the next one”. Meaning the one that will appear first at the bus stop, not the one after that. Which makes sense for days of the week too, to me anyway.
I am always being corrected, though.
You are describing "This Saturday". Next Saturday is the one after that It's just like "this week" indicates something within the next 7 days and "next week" occurs 1 day after the end of "this week". So if its Wednesday, "this week" goes through Tuesday and the following Wednesday starts "Next Week".
Ahhh that makes sense!
'This' is the first Saturday, 'next' is the second Saturday, from whatever day that you are in.
Not *when today is Sunday
Disagree. Even if it’s Sunday, the rule still applies.
Not wegen today is Sunday
What?
You heard them.
‘This’ is the first Saturday, ‘next’ is the second Saturday, from whatever day that you are in.
Not wegen today is Sunday
What?
You heard them.
I'm asking for clarification, I do not know what's trying to be communicated.
Autocorrect massacred the word when. Now my post should make more sense
Autocorrect massacred the word when. Now my post should make more sense
Thanks for the correction and the reply, now it makes more sense.
Man I feel like I really earned that correction with some of the replies I got. :p
This’ is the first Saturday, ‘next’ is the second Saturday, from whatever day that you are in.
Not *when today is Sunday
Actually what I said still works. If you're on a Sunday, you have one Saturday in front of you still, and you would say "this Saturday".
Approximately 5 days before the day in question, "next" becomes "this".
That's the answer.
Excellent question that has always bothered me too.
I'd interpret "next Saturday" as the one on the 11th, and "this Saturday" as the one on the 4th.
I think a lot of people are over thinking this. I don't think anyone would say next Saturday meaning this Saturday at all. You'd just say Saturday.
Like, "I'm going to see dune 2 Saturday." There is no need to clarify which Saturday it's going to be if you don't muddy it by trying to qualify it needlessly.
So next Saturday should always be the Saturday after this upcoming one.
I don't think anyone would say next Saturday meaning this Saturday at all
I am someone who does this. I know it's convention to say "this Saturday" for that, but when I'm not thinking about it too hard, it just comes out as "next Saturday" aka "the next Saturday I will experience after this very moment" aka what you would call "this Saturday". I usually have to immediately follow up with a disambiguation, because I usually only catch myself after having said it.
Right? But no, actually wrong. I said "next Saturday" thinking it was obvious, and 4/9 people thought I meant this Saturday
Next Saturday means the very next upcoming one unless you are a loony in which case it means the Saturday after the very next one.
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