Lockjaw Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I'd take "your turn" with no explanation to mean that it is my turn right now, not my turn next. Which is, of course, what Jeffrey meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockjaw Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Also, the BBC usage is errant. On radio, 'next' usually means 'next but one'. So we hear "Next, the News. But first..." Please don't get me started on the BBC! ..."this begs the question" [followed by a question]. No it doesn't .... Look it up! ... "we see less examples of this" ... FEWER! I could go on ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 'A game of two halves'. How many halves does a whole have? The correct phrase is 'a game of halves'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Also, the BBC usage is errant. On radio, 'next' usually means 'next but one'. So we hear "Next, the News. But first..." That would be correct usage. One item is coming up now; some other item is coming up next, after it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 That would be correct usage. One item is coming up now; some other item is coming up next, after it. Yet 'next' does not mean 'next but one'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 More superfluities (with 'up' in them): coming right up= 'coming up' (or 'coming') the run-up to= 'before' ring up= 'ring' (or 'telephone') meet up with= 'meet'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Yet 'next' does not mean 'next but one'. Of course it doesn't. It means the next; not the one coming up now, but the one coming up next, after it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Of course it doesn't. It means the next; not the one coming up now, but the one coming up next, after it. Eh? 'The one coming up' is next! You're waiting for a bus. When's the next one due? No, not the one that's coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Eh? 'The one coming up' is next! No it isn't. The one that's here now is here now. The one after it will be next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Listen up you two, doesn't it depend on the position of the bus, whether it is actually at the bus stop, on it's way to the bus stop, or just left the bus stop to decide on what is next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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