Learnenglish  +  516611 Wed, 21 May 08 03:10 PM Dear Teacher,             There is a sentence:              This tournament (golf) next year is a week after the Shanghai (HSBC Champions) tournament...              What's the meaning of "week' in the sentence?  How long?  Please explain the meaning of the sentence.  Thank you. Learnenglish Joined on Wed, Aug 1 2007 New Member 42

	optilang  +  516614 Wed, 21 May 08 03:13 PM  It means that the tournament will be next year, 7 days after the HSBC tournamnent 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  +  516673 Wed, 21 May 08 04:57 PM Not necessarily 7 days. Probably less: It means that next year the other tournament  will take place during the week following the Shanghai (HSBC Champions) tournament.  E.g., in typical golf tournament scheduling, the Shanghai (HSBC Champions) tournament could end on a Sunday, and the other could start on the next Thursday. Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673

	optilang  +  516676 Wed, 21 May 08 05:00 PM  Can you explain how you interpret this to be during/less than a week/ 7 days The sentence says that it IS a week after. Not IN the week after Please let me know your thoughts  Thanks optilang

	Marius Hancu  +  516679 Wed, 21 May 08 05:05 PM This is how golf tournaments go, Thursday to Sunday.  Read your sports.  They should have said:               This tournament (golf) next year is THE week after the Shanghai (HSBC Champions) tournament... Marius Hancu

	Marius Hancu  +  516688 Wed, 21 May 08 05:23 PM However, you have  a point: If one counts from the START of  first tournament to the START of the 2nd, it would be a week (7 days), from a Thursday to the next Thursday.  My reading in the above was from the END of the  1st to the START oft the 2nd (Sunday to next Thusday).  Marius Hancu

	optilang  +  516697 Wed, 21 May 08 05:43 PM  But the original sentence says:   This tournament (golf) next year is A (NOT THE) week after the Shanghai (HSBC Champions) tournament... My interpretation is that it will start 1 week (in 7 days) after the previous tournament - although it is not clear if it will start 7 days after the previous tournament started or ended. I would presume that it will start 7 days after the previous tournament started.  optilang Resume