This Monday, Next Monday?? What's Proper?

I'm with you on this, tomorrow is this Monday, January 2 is next Monday, December 19 was last Monday.

I have a headache ... *confused* ok, so if it is Sunday next monday is NEXT week 2mondays from now jan 2.

You start the current week with Sunday. So if you're talking about any day during the current week, you would say THIS. If you are talking about the following week, you would say NEXT.

You're both right, from different points of reference.

I think you are correct in saying "this Monday" if it was a Sunday. However, if it was Tues or Weds, I might also say, "This Monday, we went to a concert." in reference to the past Monday of this current week and not, obviously (due to the past tense of the verb "went"), to the upcoming Monday.

Language is all about context! :)

i agree with you. THIS moday is the next one coming up. NEXT would be the one after that.

Tomorrow is Monday (pretty clear) and January 2nd is Next Monday.

I'm notorious for saying "next monday" when I mean this coming monday. What's going on in my brain is that it's the NEXT one. The next monday I'll wake up on. I don't always do it, I just frequently do it.

I know it's wrong. It drives my entire family nuts. It stems from years of 36 hour shifts, night shifts, and never quite knowing what day of the week it is.

What's correct:

This Monday, or this coming Monday for the very next monday. Next monday, or monday following (rarely used these days) for the 2nd monday you'll wake up on in the future UNLESS it's actually Monday that day. Then it's next monday.

Fortunately my loving family knows me well enough to quiz me as to which monday I mean.
"4 days from now or a week and 4 days?"
"Oh. 4 days. This monday." or equally probable "Oh. A week and 4 days."

It boils down to "this week" being the week you're in, "next week" being the week following.

i don't know who's technically "right", but i vote for you! that's how i'd say it! people like your husband confuse me & we have to end up going back & forth - not only who's right but also which day we're supposed to meet, hang out, etc.!

Yep, I agree with you and SweetChaosWith3!!!

This Monday is tomorrow and a week from Monday is next Monday (or just next Monday). You're right.

According to your hubby, "this Monday" would never be used, right? Even though tomorrow is this coming Monday. Granted, tomorrow is the next Monday we'll be in, but it is already "this week" so it would be this week's Monday.

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Sounds like my husband!

Maybe it depends upon where you (and/or your families) come from. I tend to go with your usage - only I'd probably say "This coming Monday" for tomorrow - but there's nothing really wrong or unclear about the way your husband says it, either. As long as it communicates to your listener what you mean, I say it's all right.

I say you're right, but I know people who would say he's right. Some of the people I grew up with would say, "Monday week" to indicate "a week from this Monday", or "the Monday that is about a week away from today's date".

I think you are right.

Technically you're both right. But I'd say it your way for sure.

Gosh...how much do ya'll having riding on this trivia...seems so petty....but it is "this Monday"(tomorrow)...and then Jan 2.....next monday....so to put it simple....."last Monday...this Monday...next monday"...period. Hope you guys had a nice Christmas...or do you just sit around and see who can prove each other wrong?

If you are speaking about the future, "this" Monday should always be the very next Monday on the calendar. "Next" Monday should be 2 Mondays away. You're right--and my hubby is with your hubby, but I always blame it on English being his 3rd language.

You are of course. But you could humor him once in awhile.

tomorrow is this monday. Jan 2 is next monday.