Is “next Tuesday” on the 24th or 31st May?

15 comments

1. This again?

2. To me, ‘next’ is always the week coming up. So in this case it’s the 24th May

3. To me “next” in next Tuesday indicates the Tuesday in next week.

   So in your example it is the 24th May.

   If we said next Saturday – I would not mean tomorrow 21st May, I would mean Saturday at the end of the next week. So the 28th May.

4. Next Tuesday is the first Tuesday that isn’t in the current week. So on a Monday “next Tuesday” would be in 8 days’ time not 1 day’s time. I think that is the same as saying that it is the Tuesday that occurs next week.

   I would be more specific if I was saying it on a Sunday given the ambiguity of which is this and which is next week.

5. Next Tuesday is the 24th

   A week on Tuesday is the 31st

6. ‘Next Tuesday’ is the next Tuesday to occur – 24th. Tuesday 31st, is the Tuesday after.

7. I would say it’s the 24th unless this is said on monday (though you would use tomorrow instead).

   I think most of the time it would be said in a way that makes it clear ie “I have an appointment this Tuesday coming.“

   If I wanted to refer to 31st may I would say “I have an appointment not this Tuesday coming but the next one”

8. 24th – next Tuesday

   31st – a week Tuesday

9. The most common use is to refer to the “next Tuesday after the soonest”, but it’s an inherently ambiguous phrase and one it’s better to learn to stop using!

10. If someone says it today, I think they mean 24th. If they say it on 23rd, I think they might mean 31st.

11. ‘Next Tuesday’ is always in the next week.

    For example if today is Monday the 1st, ‘Next Tuesday’ is Tuesday the 9th.

    If today is Friday the 5th, ‘Next Tuesday’ is still Tuesday the 9th.

12. THIS Tuesday is the 24th of May.

    NEXT Tuesday is the one after THIS Tuesday.

    It’s really not that complicated.

13. It comes from “not this Tuesday but next Tuesday”

    Eventually got shortened down “next tuesday”

    “Is that this Tuesday or next Tuesday?” For example

14. The only way to avoid confusion is to expand the phrase ‘next Tuesday’ to the full version: ‘Next Tuesday. Not this Tuesday coming, NEXT Tuesday. The 31st’. That’s what I do

15. To me ‘next tuesday’ is just a shortening of ‘the next tuesday’ it won’t clear up those keen to argue but for me if i was talking about the 31st I would say ‘the Tuesday after next’