What does this mean to you and where do you live?

[Thistledew]

"As of next week Mrs X will be coming back for Outdoor Learning and Art sessions for each class... Class 1 will have their session on a Friday morning."

Would this mean to you that:

A) Mrs X will be coming on one specific Friday.
B) Mrs X will come on every Friday henceforth.

And where in the country do you live?

I misinterpreted a message from DS's school and am wondering if I am just a muppet or if this is a dialect issue, as we have very recently moved to a new part of the country (UK).

B. I’ve lived in London, Midlands and the South West.

It's absolutely clear it's B and I don't think it's dialect either.
My son has PE on a thursday, that means every week.

I agree B in this case but would like to point out that if I said my son’s birthday was on a Friday it would clearly mean only one day so there are exceptions to the indefinite article suggestions.

@FredaFrogspawn

I agree B in this case but would like to point out that if I said my son’s birthday was on a Friday it would clearly mean only one day so there are exceptions to the indefinite article suggestions.

In this case though I’d say ‘his birthday is on a Friday this year’.

How could it possibly be A?

I think 'on a Friday' and 'on Fridays' mean every Friday. 'On Friday' is ambiguous and can mean every Friday or on a particular Friday. I don't think this was a regional thing, since pretty much everyone on the thread from all over the country said B. As others have pointed out, the 'as of' bit also seems to indicate an ongoing thing,not a one-off.

Forgot to add - I'm from SE England but living in the NW.

Honwstly I would read it as she will be in every week and your child will have her every Friday but not that Friday is the only day she is in.

I am originally from London but currently live on the edge of sheffield

B. South East England

The "As of" at the beginning would signal a reoccurrence, otherwise it would just say next week as well as "have their session on a Friday morning". The missing a from the Class 2 could just have been a typo.

The problem is sometimes people word things with knowledge of the situation and assume certain details are known by the audience which in this case could simply be assuming everyone already knows these are weekly classes.

If they come on a Friday it means each Friday (even in London). If it was one Friday it would say X will come on Friday. The "a Friday" indicates it is each Friday so it is B as everyone has said.

Swimming lessons are on a Friday - each Friday.
Swimming lesson are on Friday - this Friday.

It is not dialect at all.

B
North west

'A' Friday morning implies every Friday morning.

If it said 'this' Friday morning I'd think it was only the one day.

I'm in Australia.

B. Manchester.

Every Friday. It says a Friday not this Friday. Midlands.

I don't understand how you didn't get this. It's not a dialect thing. It's starting, and it'll be every Friday, from here on in.

B, I'm from Yorkshire, live in the North East. I was ready to jump on the school for being rubbish at communication because in my experience most are but to me it seems very clear.

B- a geordie living in East Anglia.

B

London

A. Every Friday - “as of” means recurrence rather than “on Friday”.

Every Friday - Scotland

I thought it meant she's coming back regularly and for Class 1 it will be on Fridays, other classes it might be on other days.

London

B definitely. As of Friday and on A Friday morning, rather than on Friday morning.

I'm from the south east

Every Friday, Oxford.

Yes, I thought it was a one off event as nowhere in the letter did it say "every" Friday.

It did though - on A Friday means every Friday, on Friday could be just one Friday, although I'd still question that due to the use I'd ask of next week' which also suggests recurring . I'm pretty sure that stands everywhere in the Uk.