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stravanasu
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pglpm@lemmy.caJoined: 2023-07-05 |
Imagine there's a sequence of items, it started somewhere in the past and will keep on going. The kind of items could be anything – say days, or football matches, or lectures, or widgets out of an assembly line. I'd like to refer to the future item that will be, say, the 100th if I start counting them from now. I hope you understand what I mean: the 1st would be the next, the 2nd would be the one after the next, and so on. How do I denote that future 100th item with a concise expression? I thought of "the next 100th item", but it doesn't sound right. The problem is that if I just say "the 100th item", that refers to the number 100 since the sequence started, not the number 100 starting counting from now. Example:
Saying "the 20th widget from now" doesn't sound right – but maybe it is? Nor does "the next 20th widget" sound right. As usual, if possible please also give some references. Cheers! |
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