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{{a|g|{{image|Violet Elizabeth Botts|png|I shan’t give it to you William until the next following day.}}}} | |||
The sure sign of a [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]] who was soundly, but not sufficiently, beaten as a clerk. | The sure sign of a [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyer]] who was soundly, but not sufficiently, beaten as a clerk. | ||
The “next following” day speaks to that nervousness that the day ''you'' have in mind — the one immediately | The “next following” day is a redundancy that speaks to that nervousness that the day ''you'' have in mind — namely, the one immediately after the one you’re thinking about — might not be the one ''your adversary'' does. For ''a'' day “following” this one might, conceivably, fall some indeterminate time — four days, eight days, who knows, even three hundred and fifty-seven days? — in the future. ''All'' days after this one “follow” this one; unless you say the “[[next following|''next'' following]]” day, cannot be sure it will be the one tomorrow. | ||
This is the kind of argument | This is the kind of argument you’d expect from ''[[Violet Elizabeth Bott]]'' on ''Just William''. Allow me to channel my inner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmal_Crompton Richmal Crompton]: | ||
:“Violet-Elizabeth, | :“Violet-Elizabeth, give me my rubber back.” <br> | ||
:“I shan’t.” <br> | :“I shan’t.” <br> | ||
:“But you said you would.” <br> | :“But you said you would.” <br> | ||
:“I most thertainly did not.” <br> | :“I most thertainly did not.” <br> | ||
:“You said you’d give it to me on the following day.” | :“You said you’d give it to me on the following day.” | ||
:“Tho I did. But not | :“Tho I did. But not ''thith'' following day. Another one. In Theptember, I shouldn’t be thurprised.” | ||
It pains me, readers, to think an adult learned in the ways of the law could be vexed by such a thought | It pains me, readers, to think an adult learned in the ways of the law could be vexed by such a thought. | ||
Firstly, ''a'' following [[business day]] is not the same thing as ''the'' following [[business day]]. That [[definite article]] restricts you to a single day. | |||
If you encounter such a fellow, and wish to engage on the argument — if you can resist the temptation to administer a restorative beating — you can always use the word “[[next]]”. | |||
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The sure sign of a lawyer who was soundly, but not sufficiently, beaten as a clerk.
The “next following” day is a redundancy that speaks to that nervousness that the day you have in mind — namely, the one immediately after the one you’re thinking about — might not be the one your adversary does. For a day “following” this one might, conceivably, fall some indeterminate time — four days, eight days, who knows, even three hundred and fifty-seven days? — in the future. All days after this one “follow” this one; unless you say the “next following” day, cannot be sure it will be the one tomorrow.
This is the kind of argument you’d expect from Violet Elizabeth Bott on Just William. Allow me to channel my inner Richmal Crompton:
- “Violet-Elizabeth, give me my rubber back.”
- “I shan’t.”
- “But you said you would.”
- “I most thertainly did not.”
- “You said you’d give it to me on the following day.”
- “Tho I did. But not thith following day. Another one. In Theptember, I shouldn’t be thurprised.”
It pains me, readers, to think an adult learned in the ways of the law could be vexed by such a thought.
Firstly, a following business day is not the same thing as the following business day. That definite article restricts you to a single day.
If you encounter such a fellow, and wish to engage on the argument — if you can resist the temptation to administer a restorative beating — you can always use the word “next”.