Let’s imagine it’s currently Wednesday the 1st. Does “next Saturday” mean Saturday the 4th (the next Saturday to occur) or Saturday the 11th (the Saturday of next week)?

  • Skyhighatrist@lemmy.ca
    3·
    9 months ago

    Only if the rest of the sentence matches the tense to make that clear.

    I went to a movie this Saturday

    This one is yesterday. But I personally would just say “I went to a movie Saturday” and drop the “this” entirely in that case.

    I’m going to a movie this Saturday

    This one refers to the upcoming Saturday.

    • bitchkat@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 months ago

      If its in the past, it is “this past Saturday” or “last Saturday” (assuming its not Sunday and you are just saying yesterday).