"Next" vs. "this" [was: "oxt"]
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Sun Jul 20 00:02:13 UTC 2014
At 7/19/2014 04:25 PM, Amy West wrote:
>I realized recently that my GPS confuses me because it uses "next
>right/left" where I would say "this right/left".
Does it say that before you've reached the "right/left", or when
you're at it? If "before", I would have no problem with "next" --
I'd take it as the first (not the second) right/left I thereafter
came to. If "at", I would definitely be confused by hearing "next".
Joel
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