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-[[File:Violet Elizabeth Botts.png|thumb|right|I shan't give it to you William until the following day.]]
+{{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 “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 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''.
+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, can I have my rubber back please?” <br>
+:“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 this following day. Another one. In Theptember, I shouldn't be thurprised.”
+:“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 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.
-But if you remain unsatiated; if you fear you may never see your india-rubber again, then use the word [[next]].
+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]]”.
-{{plainenglish}}
+{{sa}}
+*[[Shubtill v Director of Public Prosecutions]]
+{{egg}}
+{{draft}}