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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 is a redundancy that 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 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 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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:“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 | 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]]”. | 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]]”. |