{"id":986,"date":"2011-08-17T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T03:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/?p=986"},"modified":"2011-08-17T13:47:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T03:47:04","slug":"next-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dbohs.com\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Next Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The meaning of \u201c<strong>this Friday<\/strong>\u201d is clear to most, but the term \u201c<strong>next Friday<\/strong>\u201d is ambiguous.<\/p>\n<p>The rationale appears to be<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This week \u2013 this Friday<\/li>\n<li>Next week \u2013 next Friday (or &#8220;Friday week&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To confuse matters, some people say &#8220;this Friday&#8221; if you are earlier in the week. But if you say &#8220;next Friday&#8221; you mean the week later.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Friday week&#8221; always means a week from the Friday that&#8217;s soonest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Friday next week<\/strong>\u201d is also clear as is \u201c<strong>Friday week<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/english-cobuild\/next\">http:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/english-cobuild\/next<\/a> (Collins)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>You use <strong>next<\/strong> in expressions such as <strong>next Friday<\/strong>, <strong>next day<\/strong> and <strong>next year<\/strong> to refer, for example, to the first Friday, day, or year that comes after the present or previous one.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I was unaware of the confusion until yesterday, and will now avoid terms like \u201c<strong>next Friday<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people say &#8220;this Friday&#8221; if you are earlier in the week. 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