Let’s imagine it’s currently Wednesday the 1st. Does “next Saturday” mean Saturday the 4th (the next Saturday to occur) or Saturday the 11th (the Saturday of next week)?

  • Maalus@lemmy.world
    42·
    9 months ago

    Next in line for the throne is still “second in line, after the current king” so it doesn’t work.

    • my_hat_stinks
      21·
      9 months ago

      Okay, but I already addressed that in my last comment. The current king isn’t in line for the throne in the same way as people already inside a club aren’t in the line for the club. “Next in line after Alice” is the same as “first in line after Alice”, you’re taking a subset of the line and pointing to the first in that subset.