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holmslaw
"Wednesday next week" is 10 days away, "this wednesday" or "next wednesday" is the nearest.
The day ends at midnight 24.00.00 and starts one pico pico second later.
Midnight
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"Wednesday next week" is 10 days away, "this wednesday" or "next wednesday" is the nearest.
The day ends at midnight 24.00.00 and starts one pico pico second later.
Midnight does not actually belog to any day it is a very small divider of days
To say midnight of any particular day is wrong because they could mean either.
I would usualy assume it to be the one at the end of that day but I am actually wrong to assume it just as it is wrong to refer to 12 AM or PM they are wrong they are Noon or Midnight depecding on which one you mean.
No I am not 18 or under far from it , very far!
This,
Next
One after next.
One before this
When used with a day or a week or a month or a year .
People often say next Wednesday when they mean the one after ie should be Wednesday next week.
If you say next Wed on a Wed,Thur, Fri, Sat then next Wed and Wed next week are one and the same .
If you say it on another day then next Wed is the next one to arrive but this week.
Lots of people say next Wed though instead of Wed next week and that`s where the confusion reigns.
And yes I do do it meeself so guilty as charged.
If you ask someone (verbally rather than write it dow) "which is greater , six dozen, dozen or half a dozen dozen?" then a lot of folk get it wrong
To say midnight of any particular day is wrong because they could mean either.
I would usualy assume it to be the one at the end of that day but I am actually wrong to assume it just as it is wrong to refer to 12 AM or PM they are wrong they are Noon or Midnight depecding on which one you mean.
No I am not 18 or under far from it , very far!
This,
Next
One after next.
One before this
When used with a day or a week or a month or a year .
People often say next Wednesday when they mean the one after ie should be Wednesday next week.
If you say next Wed on a Wed,Thur, Fri, Sat then next Wed and Wed next week are one and the same .
If you say it on another day then next Wed is the next one to arrive but this week.
Lots of people say next Wed though instead of Wed next week and that`s where the confusion reigns.
And yes I do do it meeself so guilty as charged.
If you ask someone (verbally rather than write it dow) "which is greater , six dozen, dozen or half a dozen dozen?" then a lot of folk get it wrong
It's very small? You mean that it overlaps?
And you support the view that using "next" makes things clearer?
12 am is 00:00 is Midnight. What's the problem?
"12 am is 00:00 is Midnight. What's the problem?"
Therefore 12 pm must be noon then! I don`t think
Therefore 12 pm must be noon then! I don`t think
"12 am is 00:00 is Midnight. What's the problem?"
Therefore , by default, 12 pm must be noon then! I don`t think
Therefore , by default, 12 pm must be noon then! I don`t think
"And you support the view that using "next" makes things clearer? "
No, it just goes to show we can all muck it up at times.
But we were , in this one, discussing midnight.
No, it just goes to show we can all muck it up at times.
But we were , in this one, discussing midnight.
Or maybe they mean the one after this Wednesday
This Wednesday is this week, next Wednesday is next week. Geddit?
my week ends on a Sunday as God created the earth in 5 days then rested for 2, (sat & sun)
The chicken... or the egg?
