TeamXFAU race - we are off and racing!!!

[ssmack]

onya Geoff, bloody kids these days

[Agg]

No, this sunday is the 2nd, next sunday is the 9th.

[Ellroy80]

Originally Posted by Geoff3DMN

Gawd not another one misusing the term...

Next Sunday is the 2nd.

The 9th is the Sunday after next

Nah, this Sunday in the 2nd. Or the next Sunday is the second. But next Sunday is the 9th. As this Sunday is the 2nd. If you didn't have a this, then there wouldn't be a next. This implies the one coming up. Next implies the one after this. Capiche??

Last, this, and next. That's how it works. At least in my world anyway.

You oldies, I'd better watch myself otherwise you'll coming chasing after me in your gophers, shaking your walking sticks and zimmer frames at me!!!!

EDIT: See, even Agg agrees with me!!!

[Geoff3DMN]

Originally Posted by Ellroy80

Last, this, and next. That's how it works. At least in my world anyway.

Last, this and next is of course correct. But 'this' Sunday is a special case.

This Sunday is only used in gramatically correct English when it actually _is_ Sunday, in which case the Sunday after the current Sunday is the next Sunday and if it isn't currently Sunday then it isn't this.

The way you are using it is to say "this sunday over there (in the future)" when what you should be saying is "that sunday over there (in the future)... yes the next one".

There you go... all fixed now

[Davidvfr]

Originally Posted by Ellroy80

Today's big mover is FaTs, who has moved up 56 places to P42. I have noticed that a few other people have consistently made small moves up the ladder the past couple of days, trying to sneak in under the radar .

I've finally gotten into positive figures!!


+48 from my starting ppd.

[Ellroy80]

Originally Posted by Geoff3DMN

Last, this and next is of course correct. But 'this' Sunday is a special case.

This Sunday is only used in gramatically correct English when it actually _is_ Sunday, in which case the Sunday after the current Sunday is the next Sunday and if it isn't currently Sunday then it isn't this.

The way you are using it is to say "this sunday over there (in the future)" when what you should be saying is "that sunday over there (in the future)... yes the next one".

There you go... all fixed now

Hmmm, still doesn't make sense to me. If you say next Sunday, then how can it be the Sunday coming up??? If you said the next Sunday, then I'd agree, as the next Sunday is this Sunday coming up. Actually, I think I understand it, but I don't agree with it.

Meh, race finishes on the bloody 9th!! That should clear everything up

[Geoff3DMN]

Yes but 'next sunday' is gramatically the same as 'the next sunday' because 'next sunday' is actually '(assumed and dropped over time 'the') next sunday'.

This Sunday is also 'This (assumed and dropped over time 'here') Sunday. You'll still hear small pockets of English speakers actually saying "This here" at times. It's still common in parts of the US for example where the full usage has persisted.

*strong hillbilly accent* No Dis 'ere 'ouse is mine, Dat next 'ouse is Jones's.

Confusing I know... but it is correct usage.

[Ellroy80]

Originally Posted by Geoff3DMN

Yes but 'next sunday' is gramatically the same as 'the next sunday' because 'next sunday' is actually '(assumed and dropped over time 'the') next sunday'.

Yep, this is what I had assumed had happened - we have gotten slack over time, and dropped the 'the'. Couldn't one then argue that saying next Sunday, to imply this Sunday, is incorrect, and that we have just become slack? Should we be really saying "the next Sunday"?

So off topic, but meh......

[Geoff3DMN]

Originally Posted by Ellroy80

Yep, this is what I had assumed had happened - we have gotten slack over time, and dropped the 'the'. Couldn't one then argue that saying next Sunday, to imply this Sunday, is incorrect, and that we have just become slack? Should we be really saying "the next Sunday"?

So off topic, but meh......

You could argue that but I rather think that instead of saying it wrong we are writing it wrong it really should be ['next Sunday] (intentional apostrophe).

But the apostrophe police have gotten very slack these last couple of decades, and many words with trailing apostrophes and leading apostrophes have had them dropped. They are 'assumed' for grammatical purposes instead. Which leads to exactly the confusion we have here since there is no longer any indicator of which usage is correct in the word or phrase itself, and to determine that one has to look at the history of the word or phrase

Yah... we are off topic, but if the distributed folding thread can do it... LOL

[ToothpickBandit]

Who cares if it THIS Sunday or NEXT Sunday that the race finishes?

Monkey's gonna win it anyway!

[waldomaniac]

Honestly - the computer cycles you have wasted arguing about this next that some sunday... No wonder you all can't get it together and catch the monkey.

[ssmack]

We are going to catch him and spank him

[Teddy2]

Originally Posted by ssmack

We are going to catch him and spank him

As of the last update boky is ahead by 4 points

Maj starting @ 2516PPD, current PPD 6596 diff 4080PPD awesome effort
boky starting @ 469PPD, current PPD 4553 diff 4084PPD even more awesome effort.

Well done boky supporters!

Cheers Teddy

[Geoff3DMN]

Woohoo! Now it's a real race

[Ellroy80]

Originally Posted by Geoff3DMN

You could argue that but I rather think that instead of saying it wrong we are writing it wrong it really should be ['next Sunday] (intentional apostrophe).

Ah k, that make sense.

And to keep this on topic, Maj and boky are still going blow for blow, we're into the 10th round.............