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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. | 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''. Allow me to channel my inner {{Google2|Richmal|Crompton}}: | ||
“Violet-Elizabeth, can I have my rubber back please?” <br> | :“Violet-Elizabeth, can I have my rubber back please?” <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 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. | 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. | ||
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