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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Today is Monday, so this Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week is... wait for it... this week. Saturday and Sunday of this week is... wait for it again... this weekend.
It's almost as if there is a pattern or something...
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The next weekend is _________
Next Weekend is __________
The elimination of the "THE" doesn't change the meaning of the sentence.
This and next refer to the same weekend / day unless it is that day / week / weekend.
Is the weekend a defined object that we are not in yet?
To expand on this the next US presidency will run from 2020-2024. This is clear becuase we are in a presidency running from 2016-2020 So unless we are in the weekend the next weekend is clearly the one that will occur next.
Weekend is a discrete independant noun so the end of next week does not equal next weekend.