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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 following the one at hand — 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. | The “next following” day speaks to that nervousness that the day ''you'' have in mind — the one immediately following the one at hand — 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; if you mean one cannot be sure it will be the one tomorrow. | ||
This is the kind of argument you'd expect from that posh ginger girl on Just William | This is the kind of argument you'd expect from that posh ginger girl on ''Just William''. | ||
“Violet-Elizabeth, can I have my rubber back please?” <br> | “Violet-Elizabeth, can I have my rubber back please?” <br> | ||
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“Tho I did. But not this following day. Another one. In Theptember, I shouldn't be thurprised.” | “Tho I did. But not this 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 definitive article restricts you to a single day. | |||
But if you remain unsatiated; if you fear you may never see your india-rubber again, then use the word [[next]]. | |||
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Revision as of 16:49, 3 April 2018
The sure sign of a 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 following the one at hand — 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; if you mean one cannot be sure it will be the one tomorrow.
This is the kind of argument you'd expect from that posh ginger girl on Just William.
“Violet-Elizabeth, can I have my rubber back please?”
“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 this 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 definitive article restricts you to a single day.
But if you remain unsatiated; if you fear you may never see your india-rubber again, then use the word next.
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