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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Meeting

I read this sentence. "The sheriff was in a meeting with the attorney. There was nothing to do but wait. He went to a bar for a drink and came back around noon. The official told him the sheriff was still in A meeting with the attorney."

Why "still in A meeting"? Why not "the meeting"? It's already been mentioned. Would "the" be correct as well?
  

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Anonymous still in A meeting I think that's wrong. It should be "still in the meeting" instead.

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  • Anonymous still in A meeting I think that's wrong.
  • It should be "still in the meeting" instead.
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Anonymousstill in A meeting
I think that's wrong. It should be "still in the meeting" instead.
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Thank you. So is "still in a meeting" ever correct? The word "still" implies that this meeting was already mentioned. Yet I see a lot of "I am still in a meeting", "he is still in a meeting". And so on.
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AnonymousThe official told him the sheriff was still in A meeting with the attorney.
Of course he did. The official doesn't know this guy from Adam. As he would say to any unknown person, in order to keep him out, "You can't see him now. He's in a meeting". The official doesn't know that "he" has any interest in the meeting.

At least without conte
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CalifJimAs he would say to any unknown person, in order to keep him out, "You can't see him now. He's in a meeting"
The word 'still' makes a difference.
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fivejedjon CalifJimAs he would say to any unknown person, in order to keep him out, "You can't see him now. He's in a meeting"The word 'still' makes a difference.
I thought so too at first, but after some thought, I don't think it really does. For all practical purposes "in a meeting" means "busy", "occupied".

— I want to see the manager.
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