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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.

  

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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.

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