On Days of the Week and Demonstratives

[lhynard]

I think that I have noticed that different people treat the demonstrative "this" differently in regards to the days of a given week - or else I am the only oddball out there. So to test this idea...,

Comments

[essius]

Seems to me there's a difference between "last Sunday" and "this past Sunday" and, similarly, "this Saturday" and "this coming Saturday." Could be wrong, I suppose.

[lhynard]

I sometimes use those terms to clarify things as well. How do you define them?

[essius]

This = of this week. Last = of last week. Next = of next week. This past = past day of the current week. This coming = of next week.

[lhynard]

I am quite similar, the only difference being how I define the last:

this = of this week
last = of last week
next = of next week

this past = past day of the current week
this coming = future day of the current week

Where were you raised?

[essius]

I suppose this coming = of next week, unless that day hasn't occurred in the present week.

California.

[lhynard]

me too

I suppose I should better write:

this past = the immediately past day of that name regardless of week
this coming = the immediately future day of that name regardless of week