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DJ - 18 Nov 2006 16:17 GMT

Hi,

For this sentence:

"Jack has arrived in Washington for talks with May."

How do you interpret it?

Is it possible that it means "Jack arrived in Washington *together* with
May"? (For example, May is Jack's wife?)

-- DJ
Not a native speaker of English

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nancy13g@verizon.net - 18 Nov 2006 16:20 GMT

> "Jack has arrived in Washington for talks with May."
>
> How do you interpret it?

It almost definitely means that Jack has arrived in Washington for the
purpose of talking with May.

> Is it possible that it means "Jack arrived in Washington *together* with
> May"? (For example, May is Jack's wife?)

Not very likely. In that case, one would say "Jack and May have arrived
in Washington..." or "Jack has arrived in Washington with May ..."

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DJ - 19 Nov 2006 03:41 GMT

>> "Jack has arrived in Washington for talks with May."
>>
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> Not very likely. In that case, one would say "Jack and May have arrived
> in Washington..." or "Jack has arrived in Washington with May ..."

Thank you for your reply!

-- DJ

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