Some people are telling me the day after tomorrow is "this Saturday", and "next Saturday" is a week later.  To others, "this Saturday" is synonymous with "next Saturday".  A few people claim that "this Saturday" is synonymous with "last Saturday", but I am reasonably certain those people are nuts.
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At what point does next Tuesday mean      the next Tuesday that will come to pass     and no longer      the Tuesday after the Tuesday that will come to pass?   And, when does the meaning switch back?
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I am now reading  book and have noticed a couple of cases of weird (for non-native speaker) future tense usages.   The point of the kata is to train your fingers and your brain. I'll do a kata or two every day, often as part of settling to work. I might do it in Java, or in Ruby, or in Clojure, or in some other language for which I want to maintain my skills.`   The phrase about doing a kata or two every day looks perfect for Present Simple. Why does the authoer use Future Simple instead?   However, a professional also knows that there will be times when he will fail, his risk calculations will be wrong, his abilities will fall short; he'll look in the mirror and see an arrogant fool smiling back at him.   Shouldn't we use Present Simple after when/if in this kind of cases? I am especially curious about this case as sometimes I forget to switch to Present Simple after if/when and I thought it is a critical error (which I didn't expect to see in a book).
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This  states that:  When you use the present perfect tense you have to be talking about a period of time that you still consider to be going on. For example, if it’s still morning, you can say, &quot;I’ve shaved this morning.&quot; If it is afternoon or evening, all of a sudden &quot;I’ve shaved this morning&quot; sounds really weird.  &quot;I've shaved this morning&quot; sounds more like past perfect, and indication of specific time (in the morning) makes this sentence incorrect.  Am  I spot on? Then what is the difference between the construct of past perfect, present perfect and future perfect?
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Comparing the following two statements:  They want it ready by Monday.  and  They want it to be ready by Monday.  is 'to be' in the latter redundant? Are both correct?
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Why does it sound perfectly natural to say Our flight leaves tomorrow at 6pm but weird to say It rains tomorrow at 6pm? What kind of scenario, if any, could make the rain sentence sound natural?
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It seems to be a silly question but I was puzzled when somebody bid me good night, when I was going to sleep at 1:00 PM. If somebody goes to sleep in the afternoon, is it correct to bid him "good night"? I think this is wrong.
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Which is correct?        I will transfer the amount on tomorrow.   I will transfer the amount by tomorrow.
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I have this question that my brain cannot understand because for me it seems to be very illogical. Please, try to explain this to me. It is both english problem but also my native language problem.  For example: If I bought something two days ago. (e.g. Monday, so today is Wednesday) I can't say during Wednesday that I haven't bought anything for 2 days.  Because I skiped just one day and I can still buy something today no? So I would say which makes more logic to me: I haven't bought anything for 1 day.  Same as if I was at the club on Monday now is Wednesday, I would say I haven't been to that club for 1 day. Since today I can still go there. However, i saw more people using it the other way. Which in my opinion is illogical.  They say: I haven't bought anything for 2 days OR I haven't been to that club for 2 days meaning the last time they were there was two days ago. However how logical is it? Imagine you come to that club on Wednesday if you were there on Monday and say to the same barman you saw there on Monday that you haven't been here for 2 days and he would look like: what? are you stupid? You weren't here just one day.  Like as the first question, I haven't purchased anything for 2 days is valid only if you last purchased something on monday and today is thursday, in my opinion, because we should not count monday since you already bought something.  Does anybody get my point? Thanks for answers and your help.
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Some sources say that "at the weekend" is wrong, while other ones say it's correct. Which form is acceptable in American English?        On Saturdays her sister Ann usually comes to stay with Mary on/at/for/over the weekend/s.   What are you going to do at/on/for/over the weekend/s?    We are going to Paris on/at/for/over the weekend/s.   Are you going to stay here for/at/on/over the weekend/s?      Which preposition do American English speakers use — at, on, for, over?
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Can anyone shed some light on the following aspect?  By 5 PM I gave him the book.  By 5 PM I had given him the book.  In both the sentences the book was given before 5 PM and no later than 5 PM. But I can't understand then what the difference between them is. a Also is it right to use simple past with 'by' at all? If yes, then why and if not, then why is it incorrect to use simple past with 'by'?
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A student has written:     Still, I have already been aware of most of the information even    before watching the video.   It doesn't feel right and I would normally use a past simple here. I'm on my two hundredth script and losing my ability to reason, or to adequately explain to myself why it should be past simple (I think it's 'before' as this puts the time as completed, so he can't use the present perfect notion of unfinished time). What I need to know is:   Should it be simple past of present perfect here, or doesn't it matter?  Why/why not?   All help gratefully received.
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As a non-native speaker, I cannot grasp any difference between the expressions "here we go" and "there we go": both expressions seem to underline an event that is going to happen immediately.  Is there any subtle usage detail that I am missing?
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I am reading  about present continuous.  As the writer states     USE 3 Near Future   Sometimes, speakers use the Present Continuous to indicate that something will or will not happen in the near future.   Examples:   I am meeting some friends after work. I am not going to the party tonight. Is he visiting his parents next weekend? Isn't he coming with us tonight? "     The lesson says:  Sometimes, speakers use the Present Continuous...   My question is when are these "sometimes"?
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I know that both can mean "inside" but what I don't have clear is whether both mean the same when talking about time. For example:   The party is in two days = The party is within two days ??   According to this link  within means a limit that can be exceeded, so I'm wondering too if say "the party is within two days max" is correct or redundant.
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Almost all my friends  say "I will be coming tomorrow" to refer that they are coming tomorrow. Why don't they say "I will come tomorrow"?   (Note that they are not saying like "will be coming tomorrow when you watch football". They do not prefer any time or situations, simply "I will be coming/calling".)   I know that "will come" is simple future and "will be coming" is future continuous.
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I would write a couple of . I often read/hear a couple .  I assumed this was an American English thing (I'm British), and just a convenient shortening of the phrase for speaking. It's easier to say a couple minutes vs a couple of minutes.  On a side note, this doesn't seem to restrict the number of things to two, but just a small amount–less than a few, in my mind.
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Does going to only express an intention and will some kind of prediction that doesn't necessarily happen?  EDIT: Thanks for all your answers. I asked this question because I always fail to complete exercises like this from an ESL book:   We  will fly to Venice in June. (Correct: But, how can I be sure that I'm not sick in June?) Philipp will be 15 next Wednesday (Correct: Since his birthday is a fixed day, this will happen). They will get a new computer. (Wrong: Why?, If I need a new computer, I simply get a new one) In 2020 people are going to buy more hybrid cars.  (Wrong, Why? Who can tell for sure).