Anonymous  +  517676 Fri, 23 May 08 04:53 AM      Please, a help.  Is it correct to say: - I've three older brothers and one sister. - I've a girlfriend, her name is Eva. - We'll spend all the next weekend just doing nothing. (here is it also possible to say: We'll spend all the following weekend just doing nothing)  ?  Thanks, Juarez   Anonymous

	Avangi  +  517688 Fri, 23 May 08 05:56 AM Anonymous “  - I've three older brothers and one sister.  This is fine. - I've a girlfriend, her name is Eva.  I'd suggest two sentences (period, capital "H").  It's ungrammatical without either a conjunction or a semicolon. - We'll spend all the next weekend just doing nothing. (here is it also possible to say: We'll spend all the following weekend just doing nothing)  ?  In your first example, most native speakers would omit "the."  In the last example, however,  "the" may not be omitted.” Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,182 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier

	optilang  +  517742 Fri, 23 May 08 09:15 AM Avangi “- We'll spend all the next weekend just doing nothing. (here is it also possible to say: We'll spend all the following weekend just doing nothing)  ?  In your first example, most native speakers would omit "the."  In the last example, however,  "the" may not be omitted”   In both examples "all" may be omitted  optilang Joined on Tue, May 13 2008 Poland Senior Member 2,521 OptiNative British English Speaker Wherever I may roam, I'm still a Londoner.

	Marius Hancu  +  517808 Fri, 23 May 08 12:17 PM I'd prefer all of  the following weekend  even though of is missed by many.   Also, all is necessary, it's an intensifier, indicates the whole/the entirety of.     Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673

	optilang  +  517813 Fri, 23 May 08 12:29 PM  Can you explain why 'all' is necessary here. If you spend the weekend doing something it implies that you spent all/some of/the entire weekend. I agree that 'all' can be used to remove any doubt.  But I feel that if the whole weekend was not spent doing whatever, we would qualify this with I spent some/most of the weekend doing whatever. Please let me know what you think  optilang

	optilang  +  517823 Fri, 23 May 08 12:46 PM  Thanks - it's clear now optilang