She has a meeting

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HiI found this sentence in another thread, they said that "she is having a meeting" is correct. Is "she has a meeting" correct because "have" is a stative verb and we don't need to use the present progressive?"I'm afraid Ms Jones isn't in at the moment. She has a meeting. Would you like to leave a message?"

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Hi
I found this sentence in another thread, they said that "she is having a meeting" is correct. [This first comment seems irrelevant. I don't understand why you included it.]
Is "she has a meeting" correct because "have" is a stative verb and we don't need to use the present progressive?
"I'm afraid Ms Jones isn't in at the moment. She has a meeting. Would you like to leave a message?"

That 'have' is usually stative doesn't enter into it because it's being used as a dynamic verb here meaning either she is attending (a meeting) or she is conducting (a meeting).

She has a meeting sounds to me like she has a meeting scheduled for later, not that she is currently at a meeting, so it doesn't go very well with the claim that she isn't in at the moment. However, you could have this:

I'm afraid she won't be in at that time. She has a meeting (then). ...

CJ

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