How would you interpret this sentence?
He was four months from the surgery.
1 : Four months had passed since he had the surgery.
2: He would have the surgery in four months.
3: Ambiguous, context-dependent.
3 Clive
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With no context, the sentence, "He was four months from surgery.", can only mean 2, he would have surgery in 4 months.