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Silak12 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Is this correct?
Hi! everyone.Could you tell me if this sentence make sense or not?
"Richard Engel said that he was meant to be on one of the helicopters that crashed in Afghanistan"
I think "was meant to be" means that he actually was on the helicopter that crashed.
Does this sentence make any sense? If he was meant to be then according to me "he was destined to be on the helicopter and he is saying that after the crash has happened and he fortunately survived in crash"
Thanks!
"Richard Engel said that he was meant to be on one of the helicopters that crashed in Afghanistan"
I think "was meant to be" means that he actually was on the helicopter that crashed.
Does this sentence make any sense? If he was meant to be then according to me "he was destined to be on the helicopter and he is saying that after the crash has happened and he fortunately survived in crash"
Thanks!
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" He may have changed his plans at the last minute or maybe there was no longer any space on the doomed craft. In any event, he was alive when he said what he said so he was definitely not on the helicopter.
- " He may have changed his plans at the last minute or maybe there was no longer any space on the doomed craft.
- In any event, he was alive when he said what he said so he was definitely not on the helicopter.
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Hello silak12
In your sentence, the use of "meant to be" means "was supposed to be." He may have changed his plans at the last minute or maybe there was no longer any space on the doomed craft. In any event, he was alive when he said what he said so he was definitely not on the helicopter.
In your sentence, the use of "meant to be" means "was supposed to be." He may have changed his plans at the last minute or maybe there was no longer any space on the doomed craft. In any event, he was alive when he said what he said so he was definitely not on the helicopter.
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JohnParis"meant to be" means "was supposed to be."It means we can also use "meant to be" as supposed to be" Could you make it more clear to me?, I will be very thankful.
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In the context of the sentence that you provided as an example, "meant to be" could be exchanged with "supposed to be."
This is not the case all of the time. Everything depends upon the context.
Is that clear enough?
This is not the case all of the time. Everything depends upon the context.
Is that clear enough?
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