On Fri, January 4, 2008 11:02 am, David Precious wrote: > David Cantrell wrote: >> In English English, "this Sunday" is in the future, regardless of >> when the speaker thinks the week begins. > > <pedant> > Unless it *is* Sunday, in which case it's the present..... > </pedant>
No, 'this Sunday' is _still_ in the future: It's the day seven days in the future. 'Today' is the present, and 'next Sunday' at that point can either be 7 or 14 days in the future, depending on context... Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
