Which is the difference between following and next?
Which is the difference between "following" and "next"? and would you write for me an example each one because I don`t know how to use them. THANKS!
4 Answers
The detective is following him all over town. (verb) OR How would you answer the following question? (adjective)
You will be the next person to get an award. (adjective) OR The next question I will ask will be the most important one. (adjective)
When following is a verb as in the first example, it cannot replace the word next. For example, you would not say, "The detective will next him." but you could say, "How would you answer the next question." Next and following are adjectives, describing the question or person (the noun). Both words imply that something has gone before, or preceded, that particular noun.
Hope this helps!
SylviaLouise has given you an excellent explanation and I can only add more examples.
The first meal of the day is breakfast, next is lunch and they are followed by dinner.
Listen carefully to the story so you can answer the following questions. (the questions that come after the story)
Maria has answered the first question. Will you answer the next one?
You are fourth in line but I am next. (I am fifth)
I will take my vacation in June this year but in July next year. (the following year)
The flower girl will walk down the aisle first, the bride will follow.
The flower girl will walk down the aisle first, the bride will be next.
to follow = to be next
Like, "The following sentences are in past tense".
You are doing the line to buy something and the cashier says "Next!"
the following is what is behind a present thought or what is coming after it and the next would be infront of it.
