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Shelby Killuminati Posted 12 years ago
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Just a small Question

"I love you so much. We were predestined to be met"
"I love you so much. We were predestined to meet each other"
Both means the same right ?
  

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Shelby Killuminati "I love you so much. We were predestined to be met""I love you so much. We were predestined to meet each other"Both means the same right ?

— CalifJim

  • Shelby Killuminati "I love you so much.
  • We were predestined to be met""I love you so much.
  • We were predestined to meet each other"Both means the same right ?
  • No.
  • The first one is not likely to be what you mean.
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Shelby Killuminati"I love you so much. We were predestined to be met""I love you so much. We were predestined to meet each other"Both means the same right ?
No. The first one is not likely to be what you mean. It says something like We were waiting somewhere and it was predestined that someone else would come and meet us. In this meaning there are at
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CalifJimNo. The first one is not likely to be what you mean. It says something like We were waiting somewhere and it was predestined that someone else would come and meet us. In this meaning there are at least three people involved.
Hi CJ.

Does it mean that they were introduced to each other by a third party in We were predestined to be met ?
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AnonymousDoes it mean that they were introduced to each other by a third party in We were predestined to be met ?
No. It means nothing of the kind. It has nothing to do with being introduced.

"to be met" is passive, so it indicates that some third party is going to meet them. For example:

The two of them arrived together on an airplane. T
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Thank you, CJ, for your useful reply.
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