Caitlyn was more than happy to spend the sunny day at the park.

0I think it means she would be very happy if she could spend the sunny day in the park, rather than somewhere else, but whether she spent the sunny day in the park or not, we cannot tell.0-

0Just another point of view: I would assume that she did spend the day at the park.0-

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00The time aspect is a bit ambiguous to my ear. I think she responded with enthusiasm to the prospect of spending the day as described, but I don't think we can conclude that, at the time portrayed in this sentence, she had already spent the day at the park. She may h

0Oh well, I don't want to keep on beating a dead horse, but in your example, Ken IS more than happy to help us. I know, because it was reported speech, you could have said Ken WAS more than happy, but the context makes it clear the help hasn't been given yet.02br
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00But as a stand-alone sentence, the original one that beings "Mary was," it just sounds to my ears like the

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0I was more than happy to see Jim's first post. 05002br
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10That was happening to a few of us last night too. I was more than happy to help find out what was wrong, but I had no access to the software, so of course there was nothing I could do. 05002br
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