vitally important calendar poll

[topaz]

Suppose that today is Wednesday, March 1st.

A friend proposes an event for "next Sunday."

[Poll #440001]

Comments

[cruiser.livejournal.com]

And even if there were a reference that claims to give an authoritative answer, if it disagrees with 40% of respondents, it's not authoritative, because language is what we agree it is, not what a book says it is. So while a book can say authoritatively that "ain't is non-standard and informal", it's just plain wrong if it says "ain't is not a word in the English language."