User talk:Free2edit

Welcome[edit]

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List of commonly misused English words[edit]

Hi,

I reverted your addition of "next" and "this" in the context of weekdays. I don't see that there is such an overwhelming consensus on how these terms should be used that one can say that either is "correct" or "incorrect". I'd rather say that "next Friday" is ambiguous. --Slashme (talk) 13:21, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(in reply to your reply): I'd like to see on what authority you claim it to be incorrect. A. A. Milne, in "Belinda", uses "this Thursday" for the coming Thursday, and "next Thursday" for the one after that:

Belinda (with dignity). Certainly not, child. I was reading The Nineteenth Century–(with an air)–and after. (Earnestly) Darling, wasn't it next Thursday you were coming back?

Delia. No, this Thursday, silly.

--Slashme (talk) 06:54, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good example of the confusion that exists and why there needs to be clarification.

BELINDA. So confusing their both being called Thursday. --— Preceding unsigned comment added by Free2edit (talk • contribs) 13:42, 1 August 2008

The point is not whether it's confusing, but whether it is incorrect. Many correct uses of English are confusing. --Slashme (talk) 14:01, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]