Re: What doe it mean when you say ....

On 15-Mar-2008, David Friedman <ddfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> In article <frgtmk$h67$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > You'd think that clears everything up, wouldn't you? But to say "this
> > Tuesday" on a Thursday does *not* mean "five days from now", to me. I
> > don't think it means anything at all.
>
> Context.
>
> "This Tuesday I went up to the city" is day before yesterday.
>
> "This Tuesday we plan to visit my parents" is five days from now.

In the first case I wouldn't have said "This Tuesday", I would have said
"Last Tuesday".  If it was Wednesday, I would have said "Yesterday".

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