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Is there any difference between the two phrase la settimana scorsa vs la scorsa settimana?
For instance, I found the following sentence in my Rosetta Stone program:
Mio padre è morto la scorsa settimana.
But while I don't remember the sentence, I also read the sentence that uses la settimana scorsa.
Similarly, does the la settimana prossima have the same meaning as la prossima settimana?
la settimana scorsa is used more often than la scorsa settimana but in the case of prossima, it's reversed.
The two options are identical in the meaning, in some regions "la scorsa settimana" is used more often than "la settimana scorsa" in others is the opposite ( depends on the dialect influence),anyway depends also to the position in the sentence: "la settimana scorsa sono stato in montagna" is more common than "la scorsa settimana sono stato in montagna". But you have to know that the difference is pratically zero.
