Merritt v Brett
Brett and I have had this argument several times today, and I think that we should let the masses decide who is right.
It's Sunday. One of us made a comment about "this Sunday, we should..." something or other. Which Sunday does "this" describe?
Today or the coming Sunday?
Please post your responses in the "Broke the Silence" section. You may do so anonymously if you choose. We'll reveal who was right in the following days.
15 comments:
Clearly, "this" Sunday describes the current day. Only a crazy person would think that "this" Sunday means "next" Sunday. It's illogical.
Ulrich is 100% right! "This" refers to today and the next six days.
Obviously, "this" Sunday would refer to the next Sunday. The Sunday you are on would simply be referred to as today.
now we are having this argument in our household. thanks guys.
"this sunday" would be next sunday because it's already sunday. Now if it was saturday...then it would mean the next day. And does your blog not have an RSS feed? I tried to have you on bloglines and it said you didn't have one?
NEXT Sunday, definitely. Noah agrees, but he has a caveat: if referring to the following Sunday, one should say "next Sunday" and thus alleviate future arguments.
I agree with Kelley's statement that "this Sunday would refer to the coming Sunday". Why would you say "this Sunday" if all you could really say is "today"?
Sorry, Brett, I think you're crazy. I'm assuming you and Ulrich have similar opinions on this issue....
Look people, only a crazy person would wake up early Sunday morning and say "I want to ride a bike this sunday" and mean the following week. It's just crazy. A sane person would wake up and say "this Sunday (today) I'm going to church but next Sunday (NEXT Sunday, hello!) I'm going to ride my bike."
By my count, I am clearly winning this argumnet in terms of logic and numbers.
Wow. I am definitely going to have to de-lurk to add to this argument. First of all, who wakes up early on a Sunday morning? Second of all, "this Sunday" clearly refers to NEXT Sunday. I have to agree with Kelley that "today" is the obvious word to use in this situation. Jeremy also agrees with me, so we are logging in two votes for "this Sunday" referring to next Sunday.
THANK YOU, LIZ!
Any other takers on this argument? Looks as though I may win....
Jonathan & I have decided that this question is moot. There is no "this Sunday." There is "today" and there is "next Sunday." Reasonable people would not say this Sunday if indeed it is already Sunday.
Mike is on Brett's side and Jeni is on Merritt's side. I (Jeni) have to agree with Jonathan and Kelley in that the only way I'd say "this Sunday" is if it were, say, Wednesday and I was referring to the upcoming weekend. Otherwise it's "today" or "next Sunday" and that's all there is to it!
So who wins? Isn't that what arguing is about? JUST KIDDING!
Thanks for all the input from everyone. Looks like, in general, the guys sided with Brett and the girls with me! We love our friends! We'll let you in on our next argument to see what tidbits y'all have to offer...or at least to get your family arguing about the same thing!
Alright so I'm responding to this because I have had this argument many times before with various people. When you say 'this' Sunday, that refers to the present Sunday, which is just another way of saying today. If you were to talk about next Sunday, wouldn't it be easier to add 'next' before Sunday and avoid confusion? :) Hehe
Wouldn't it be easier to just go ahead and say "today" rather than "this Sunday" when you actually are meaning the present day??=)
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