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March 1st or March 8th?

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Demon-Xanth said:
I voted for the 1st; but I can see how someone would think the 8th.
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I think it's because of the proximity of the days. If it were Wednesday and you said "next Saturday" it'd be 10 days away. But with Friday and "next Monday" it's 3 days away.

Normally you wouldn't say "next Monday" on Friday, you'd just say "Monday" (assuming it's clear that you're referring to something that happens in the future).
 
ivan2 said:
this must be regional, there's no confusion that next monday means monday of NEXT week and this monday means monday of THIS week.
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Exactly but since the week starts on a Sunday, it gets really weird when using "this" as a past tense and that confuses people.

What are you doing this Sunday? How would you interpret this?
 
If someone said "next Monday" I take it as march 1st. If someone said "the following Monday" I'd take it as the 8th.
 
darkxshade said:
Exactly but since the week starts on a Sunday, it gets really weird when using "this" as a past tense and that confuses people.

What are you doing this Sunday? How would you interpret this?
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since it's not past tense i assume is the 28th
 
A lot of time when people want to clarify they say
"Not this Monday but next Monday"

We can assume that "this Monday" refers to the upcoming Monday which is March 1st.
So if "next Monday" also refers to March 1st the above sentence becomes nonsensical.

But I can see how it can be understood differently from person to person.
 
next monday means march 1st, anyone who say otherwise is just wrong.

'this monday' is another way of saying 'next monday', since it simply means 'this upcoming monday', which again is a synonym for next monday.

march 8th would be 'the following monday', which is short for 'the monday following next monday'.
 
"Next Monday" refers to the first Monday that comes along, ie March 1st. "Next Monday" and "This coming Monday" are identical.

"The next Monday" refers to the Monday that comes next, after the first Monday, ie March 8th.

The terms are very confusing with only one short, easilly skipped word differing. So it is far more intelligent to say "Monday, the 1st" or "Monday, the 8th".
 
purbeast0 said:
next monday means march 1st, anyone who say otherwise is just wrong.

'this monday' is another way of saying 'next monday', since it simply means 'this upcoming monday', which again is a synonym for next monday.

march 8th would be 'the following monday', which is short for 'the monday following next monday'.
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sure

unless they say we are doing this on monday

then later say and next monday we will do this

either they are retarded or its english and we have 30 ways to say the same thing that also mean something else
 
Zargon said:
sure

unless they say we are doing this on monday

then later say and next monday we will do this

either they are retarded or its english and we have 30 ways to say the same thing that also mean something else
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that would be referring to March 1st both times. 'this monday' and 'next monday' are the same exact thing.

'this monday' simply means 'this upcoming monday' or 'this next monday', whereas 'next monday' simply means the first time you encounter monday from the current time.

when you say to somebody 'hey next time we go out to eat, lets eat at blah blah' you don't mean the 2nd time you go eat with them from that point on, you mean the first time you go out to eat with them.

it is the same concept, don't see why it is so hard to follow.
 
anyone who says 'this monday' should be punched in the cock.

do you tell your friend who lives in another state, 'hey, this time you're in town, look me up?' how about 'sorry, starbucks coffee-maker-guy, i don't have any money for the tip jar, but i'll get you this time.'

the only time 'this monday' would be relevant is when it is, in fact, monday.
 
purbeast0 said:
that would be referring to March 1st both times. 'this monday' and 'next monday' are the same exact thing.

'this monday' simply means 'this upcoming monday' or 'this next monday', whereas 'next monday' simply means the first time you encounter monday from the current time.

when you say to somebody 'hey next time we go out to eat, lets eat at blah blah' you don't mean the 2nd time you go eat with them from that point on, you mean the first time you go out to eat with them.

it is the same concept, don't see why it is so hard to follow.
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This Monday could also have meant the 22nd.
Never talk or think in absolutes on stuff you don't fully understand.😛
 
Matthiasa said:
This Monday could also have meant the 22nd.
Never talk or think in absolutes on stuff you don't fully understand.😛
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it completely depends on the sentence.

if it's past tense, it means the 22nd.

if it's future tense, it means the 1st.

'this monday i went to work at 8:30am'

'this monday i'm going to get to work at 8:30am'

i think it's pretty easy to tell which date i'm talking about in that instance. on top of that, usually when i hear people referring to the past and using this, they say 'this past monday'.

so i think i fully understand it just fine 😛
 
It would technically mean March 1st, although this late in the week, I'd likely ask the person to clarify; many people I've come across would say that "next Monday" refers to the 8th, "this Monday" or "this coming Monday" to the 1st, and "this past Monday" to the 22nd of February.
 
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MetalMat said:
March 1st or March 8th?


My office wants a vote. My boss said something about next monday and half the office thought it meant the 1st (the first monday coming up) and the other half thought it meant the 8th (the second monday coming up). What do you think?
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If it's important, just ask your boss. Otherwise, who cares whether it's next week or the week after?
 
purbeast0 said:
that would be referring to March 1st both times. 'this monday' and 'next monday' are the same exact thing.

'this monday' simply means 'this upcoming monday' or 'this next monday', whereas 'next monday' simply means the first time you encounter monday from the current time.

when you say to somebody 'hey next time we go out to eat, lets eat at blah blah' you don't mean the 2nd time you go eat with them from that point on, you mean the first time you go out to eat with them.

it is the same concept, don't see why it is so hard to follow.
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unless you have said, on monday lets go here, and you talk about eating there and then continue with and then next monday we can do this.

neither is concrete. which is exactly why its not 'easy to follow' unless you define the scope.

the only DEFINITE ways are to say monday the xx of march. or xx of march, or to clearly say tomorrow lets do this, or today we are doing this.
 
brblx said:
anyone who says 'this monday' should be punched in the cock.

do you tell your friend who lives in another state, 'hey, this time you're in town, look me up?' how about 'sorry, starbucks coffee-maker-guy, i don't have any money for the tip jar, but i'll get you this time.'

the only time 'this monday' would be relevant is when it is, in fact, monday.
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fail analogy is fail.
 
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