Iowa caucuses are this next Monday evening and Im really interested to see how this discussion today informs and influences the Iowa caucus voters those Democratic caucusgoers.

What does monday next mean. Say its Friday the 23rd. People often think that what they said is perfectly clear when it is not. The term next Wednesday always means two Wednesdays out.

The closer the day is the more ambiguous next becomes. The Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November. The same sentence should seem a bit strange.

It might be better to just say This coming Monday. Thursday day the 4th this Wednesday means Wednesday the 10th. But that is simply Sunday.

RELATED 7 on saturday next week. You could call it this Sunday but that doesnt help the next person you say next Sunday to unless they heard call the 25th this Sunday. Saying next Monday would mean eight days from today since its almost Monday already.

Of course the speaker means the upcoming Monday. Yes that is the simplest way to summarise it but in practice people disagree over where the new week starts or what exactly this week or next week means logically wed suggest it resets on Mondays but to say Ill see you this Tuesday on a Sunday would clearly mean the coming Tuesday not the Tuesday that belonged to the same week as the Sunday. Monday the 1st next Wednesday means Wednesday the 10th.

I may pay a visit this Monday or the next If there is no such reference point THE PRESENT is the default reference point wherefore COMING MONDAY is apter than NEXT MONDAY. Oct 29 2010 154652. Monday the 1st this Wednesday means Wednesday the 3rd.