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When is next Tuesday ?
tdenson
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Today is Thursday. I just asked Siri to remind me about something next Tuesday and it set the reminder for Tuesday the 5th August. I asked the same question of Google Now and it gave me the 29th which in my opinion is the right answer. Just wondering ...
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Next Tuesday should typically mean the forthcoming one....i.e. the one you said 29th.
'Next Tuesday' might just be wrongly interpreted as two tuesdays away by some people (and apparently Siri)
Yes indeed, I had to say that to set my reminder correctly. Although I don't know in anyone's book how next Tuesday could be interpreted as the Tuesday after the next one. It might be an Americanism as they do have some strange turns of phrase e.g. I "could care less" when they really mean "I couldn't care less"
That isn't recognized as being grammatically correct in the US though.
Symbolic representation is just my phrase, I mean that people don't take the words literally.
Like when, as you say, Americans say "I could care less". They surely know what they mean, and other Americans would understand as well.
Just never say "See you next Tuesday" as that can cause offence in any English culture...
Check to see if your iPhone is set to English or English (UK). Does it say "Mobile" or "Cellular" in Settings as the option under Bluetooth is the quick give away.
However, I think Google Now is correct in your example. I tend to think of 'this' as being in the same week, and everything else as 'next'. So if I asked on Monday to set an alarm for 'next Thursday', I'd mean a week on Thursday. Otherwise I'd say 'on Thursday' or 'this Thursday'.
It's not an Americanism but rather something that always has the potential to cause confusion in American or British English e.g. If you had said next Friday (or perhaps even Saturday) most people would not interpret that as tomorrow or in 2 days times but the following week.
Just tried on my 5S, saying "next Tuesday" brings up aug 5th, saying "This Tuesday" brings up tues 29th
"last Tuesday" was Tuesday 15th, rather than the last Tuesday we encountered
"this Tuesday" would, I guess, be Tuesday 22nd - though I'd refer to it as "Tuesday just gone"
"next Tuesday" is Tuesday 29th - in this case, both the Tuesday of next week and the next Tuesday we encounter. But "next Saturday" is still Sat 2nd rather than tomorrow.
It's quite confusing when you sit and analyse it..!
I would agree with this, and I suppose I would use "on Tuesday" to refer to the one we've just had. "Did you go to that meeting on Tuesday?" and so on.
That's because of the context though. "Are you going to the meeting on Tuesday?" would almost certainly mean this coming Tuesday, not the one we've just had.
It's easily solved though, just say "Tuesday this week, Tuesday next week or Tuesday last week. As long as nobody is stupid enough to use business weeks starting on Mondays in a non-business context. <rolleyes>
August 5th would be the Tuesday after next but adding the date will always be the safest option.
Yeah. I suppose in the OP's example, the word 'next' wasn't really necessary. Google Now and Siri aren't going to set appointments for the past, so just saying 'Tuesday' would be fine.
Yes, you're right, "Tuesday" works fine as expected, that's what I will do in future - I might do that next Tuesday for the following Tuesday