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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 | The “next following” day is a redundancy that speaks to that nervousness that the day ''you'' have in my, ind — namelthe one immediately succeeding 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''. Allow me to channel my inner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmal_Crompton Richmal Crompton]: | This is the kind of argument you'd expect from that posh ginger girl on ''Just William''. Allow me to channel my inner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmal_Crompton Richmal Crompton]: | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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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Revision as of 16:55, 3 April 2018
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 my, ind — namelthe one immediately succeeding 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. Allow me to channel my inner Richmal Crompton:
- “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.
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”. Plain English Anatomy™ Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb | Preposition | Conjunction | Latin | Germany | Flannel | Legal triplicate | Nominalisation | Murder your darlings