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At what point does next Tuesday mean the next Tuesday that will come to pass and no longer the Tuesday after the Tuesday that will come to pass? …

Possible Duplicate: Which day does “next Tuesday” refer to? How did “next day” come to mean “day of next week”? … My employer told me on Monday that something was due "next Tuesday" so I assumed he was talking about the Tuesday next week. However, it turns out he was talking about today. …

I am writing an email and wanted to refer to this coming Tuesday. The phrase "Tuesday est" popped into my mind (something Miss Marple might have said) but when I googled it I could find no reference. … I have a feeling that 'est' isn't correct, but there is a word or I presume an abreviation that sounds like it that means next. Could you please tell me what it is? Aha! …

This question touched on the confusion of the common usage of "next Tuesday" to really mean "Tuesday of next week", as opposed to the "soonest upcoming Tuesday". … How did next come to mean the Tuesday of next week when used in sentences such as "What are we doing next Tuesday?" …

Example: If you have not yet reached exit number 5 is the "next exit" referring to exit 5 or exit 6? "This exit" is clearly exit 5. … Similar to the "next Tuesday" question Which day does "next Tuesday" refer to? …

Possible Duplicate: Which day does “next Tuesday” refer to? Suppose today is Tuesday. What do last Monday, this Monday and next Monday mean? …

Possible Duplicate: Which day does “next Tuesday” refer to? If it is November, how do you refer to the upcoming July? Is it "this July" or "next July"? …

Possible Duplicate: Which day does “next Tuesday” refer to? I got a fortune cookie with the message you will have lots of fun next weekend on a Wednesday. Which weekend does this refer to? …

Possible Duplicate: Which day does “next Tuesday” refer to? … Meaning of “last/this/next Monday” Scenario: You get a phone call on Wednesday, saying "you have to report to X next Monday". When do you report? …

Possible Duplicate: Which day does “next Tuesday” refer to? … To me, they both mean the same thing, the upcoming Friday, but I know people who say that 'next Friday' is the one after this Friday. …

Duplicate: What day is next Tuesday? I have always considered next Friday to be not this coming Friday, but the one after. This Friday is the Friday at the end of this week. … I have a Canadian friend, however, who enforces the more literal meaning of next Friday — the Friday that comes next. …

In England, and countries where the Anglican church has predominated, the Tuesday before Lent is known as 'Shrove Tuesday' from the word 'shrive' (to confess), which is what people traditionally did prior … But what is Fat Tuesday called across the vast swathe of protestant USA? By the way it is next Tuesday, 3rd March - one of its latest possible dates - since Easter is so late this year. …

Possible Duplicate: What day is next Tuesday? When I refer to the very next Monday that will occur in the future, I say "next Monday". … Some colleagues refer to it as "this Monday", with "next Monday" meaning the second Monday which will occur in the future (I would refer to that as "Monday week", "this Monday" to me would mean the most …

Possible Duplicate: What day is next Tuesday? Imagine that it's Monday, the 1st. The weekend would be the 6th & 7th. … How do you refer properly to the coming weekend, "This weekend" or "Next weekend"? …

The following sentence seems incorrect to me, but I am not entirely certain: We were thinking of holding a meeting next Tuesday. …