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week after

English translation: Not necessarily after a week

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English term or phrase:week after
Selected answer:Not necessarily after a week

15:54 Dec 22, 2010
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-12-26 12:54:11 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: week after
I want to be sure it means after a week in the following sentence ?
-Mike was taking his test the week after.
Hakki Ucar
Türkiye
Local time: 05:38
Not necessarily after a week
Explanation:
But some time in the week following the week originally under discussion.
Selected response from:

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:38
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +11Not necessarily after a week
Jack Doughty


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
Not necessarily after a week


Explanation:
But some time in the week following the week originally under discussion.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:38
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 370
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
14 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Veronika McLaren
23 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  airmailrpl: -
25 mins
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agree  jccantrell: Yeah, everybody else took the test on Wednesday, but Mike was sick, so he was rescheduled for next Monday (i.e., the week after the Wednesday).
31 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Stephanie Ezrol
45 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  JapanLegal
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  Oliver Lawrence: indeed
1 hr
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agree  British Diana: it means simply the next or following week
4 hrs
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agree  Phong Le
9 hrs
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agree  Thayenga: With Diana.
11 hrs
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agree  Sharon Toh, MITI MCIL: Yes, that's why there's no definite answer. It's the week after a reference point under discussion.
22 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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