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It has never been clear to me at what point in the course of the week that "next Friday" becomes "this Friday". Ditto any other day of the week.

Ronald Sole
– Ronald Sole

2026-03-30 18:20:47 +00:00
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@RonaldSole Good point. "Next Friday" works best if it's said on a Friday with respect to the Friday one week later. There's also "this coming Friday" or simply "Friday" (see this answer) to refer to the Friday that next occurs when today is not a Friday. If I have guessed the context of the phrase in the question, "Friday's lesson" would be fine.

David K
– David K

2026-03-30 20:51:15 +00:00
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@RonaldSole That is indeed a common source of confusion, in my experience. If it’s currently Monday or Tuesday and you say “next Friday”, my experience is that most English speakers will think you mean ‘Friday of this week’ (the Friday that is next in time from right now, i.e. this Friday = next Friday), but many will think you mean ‘Friday of next week’ (based on the logic that ‘this’ and ‘next’ refer to different things, so this Friday can’t be the same as next Friday, which must instead be the Friday that comes after ‘this Friday’).

Janus Bahs Jacquet
– Janus Bahs Jacquet

2026-03-31 19:57:53 +00:00
Commented 11 hours ago

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