'Next Tuesday'

Right, in this example I would say "Next tuesday" is the tuesday of next week. So the 19th.

If it's Monday, then all the days in the week coming are "this *****day". Anything in the next week is "Next *****day".

When you get towards the end of the week you can begin to refer to the Monday of the next week as "this Monday", as the previous Monday is too far away to refer to as that.

It's actually quite complicated really, but somehow our puny minds manage to work it out.
 
Make it easier for everyone and next time when you arrange something say "tuesday xxth of Month"

For instance I will see you on Thursday 14th of July.

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Tough one. I think if the Tuesday is in the next week, then it's next Tuesday.

For example, if you asked what "next Sunday" is, it'd be the 24th. But "next Monday" would be the 18th.

Sorry to be awkward. I do tend to prompt people for the actual date when they say "next xxx" though so that it's clear.
 
Some online retailers would love another layer of excuses for slow delivery or RMA processes.
The phone script could go into a section headed 'they don't know what next tuesday means' and the operator could say, Oh you thought it would arrive Tuesday the 19th, well according to our terms and conditions that means the 26th.
 
Tute said:
For example, if you asked what "next Sunday" is, it'd be the 24th. But "next Monday" would be the 18th.
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Why not look 'next' up in the dictionary?

immediately following in time, order, importance, etc.: the next day; the next person in line.
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As we can see, the next Sunday is of course the 17th. It will be the next Sunday we experience. It is immediatly following in time.
 
So it's Wednesday 13th, and if somebody talked about 'this' Tuesday, some of you would assume they're referring to Tuesday 19th and not yesterday? Weirdos :). To me 'this' generally means in this week and 'next' means in the next week. There's probably no right or wrong though really - what sounds right or appropriate depends on the context, the time of the week and how far past or ahead the time you're talking about is. For example, it's Wednesday, if someone said to me 'I'll see you this Tuesday', meaning the Tuesday in next week, it simply sounds wrong, but if they said 'I'll see you this Friday' that would be fine. Similarly though, if somebody said on Wednesday 'I'll see you next Thursday' I'd feel like asking for clarification that they didn't mean tomorrow. They probably dont, despite the fact tomorrow is the next Thursday. Yeah the more I think about it the more I think taking 'this ...' to mean this week and 'next ...' to mean next week makes much more sense than taking 'this ...' to mean the next one coming and 'next ...' to mean the one after.
 
I'd say it's relative to what day you're using it although I think uvarvu is mostly correct.

In the opening example, I'd assume next/this Tuesday were interchangable, however if using next I'd be inclined to clarify to avoid confusion. Usually I'd use this Tuesday for the Tuesday coming (19th) and next Tuesday for the one after that (26th), but that only applies if say, you're on the Sunday/Monday before the 19th. Using next on say the Thursday 14th, I'd fall back to assuming you meant Tuesday 19th rather than the 26th.

So to conclude:

This Tuesday is always the Tuesday about to follow.

Next Tuesday is subjective on how far away you are. As a rough (and I mean rough) guide:

Wednesday 13th - Friday 15th = This/Next are interchangable.

Saturday 16th - Monday 18th = Next equals Tuesday 26th.
 
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