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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Met with

Normally we say,

(a) He met with an accident. (correct)
(b) He met with / met a friend.

P/s: Why don't we say "met with a friend"? but we say,"met with an accident"?
  

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Vincent Teo Why don't we say "met with a friend"? I don't know where you got this idea. "met with a friend" is perfectly acceptable .

— RayH

  • Vincent Teo Why don't we say "met with a friend"?
  • I don't know where you got this idea.
  • "met with a friend" is perfectly acceptable .
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Vincent TeoWhy don't we say "met with a friend"?
I don't know where you got this idea. "met with a friend" is perfectly acceptable .
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How about "He met his friend this afternoon"?
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You can even say that you met (with) a new word today.
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AnonymousYou can even say that you met (with) a new word today.

I remember hearing from some native speakers here that "meeting" a word is not idiomatic. A lot of learners seem to make that mistake though, because they use that expression in their native language (we "meet words" in Italian, for example).
I might be mistaken, but that's what I re
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Vincent TeoHow about "He met his friend this afternoon"?

It's ok. Why do you think that would not be fine?
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Vincent,

Your own brand of learning is causing your English to be flipped up side down and sound quite troubling.

(a) He met with an accident. (correct) No, this is incorrect.

(b) He met with / met a friend. Yes, this is a correct sentence.
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Goodman(a) He met with an accident. (correct) No, this is incorrect.
I don't understand why the above sentence is incorrect.
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Yoong Liat
I don't understand why the above sentence is incorrect.


Take a look at these examples on this particluar usage:

You don't meet with an accident, though, we may say logically "he was met with a surprise"

One can be met with something, i.e. anger, silience" etc... meaning "greeted by".

Also you can
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GoodmanYou don't meet with an accident, though, we may say logically "he was met with a surprise"

One can be met with something, i.e. anger, silience" etc... meaning "greeted by".
Below are examples from BNC:



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Liat,

I am not familiar with the active usage of this verb which you are defending.

John met Sally 2 years ago- ok

He met with Sally yesterday -ok

He met with an accident - is wrong to my ears and in my book.

For 20 years, I have not met anyone using it this way to mean ""greeted by an accident".

Is this a usage from across the Pond?
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