two fellow senators

NO, it means that he is a senator too, or that they are senators like him.

I know that fellow implies he is a senator too. My question is grammatically, the position of two before the word senators makes it sound like he knows only two senators just like the mother has only two children, am Iright? If not, why?. I hope this is clearer now.

You're wrong. Think of other meanings in the context.

Are you saying the same construction have different meanings? I thought grammatically, the first sentence would make more sense if it was written as "with two of his fellow senators". I said grammatically in case you didn't notice. I believe native speakers automatically correct the meaning so quickly that they don't notice it's incorrect. So practically, it's correct. I would like to know what yo

I agree that a better phrasing would be "two of his fellow senators" and not "his two fellow senators."

Real world knowledge tells us that there are 100 senators.

The circle/domain of belonging is not the same in the two examples (family for the 2nd) and you still haven't guessed the right one for the first case. So, go on.

Thanks, GG.

Some level of correction in the mind of listener must be applied, naturally or not.

Marius HancuThe circle/domain of belonging is not the same in the two examples (family for the 2nd)

MH, I would really appreciate if you could dumb down your explanation. More often than not, I really struggle to understand your replies, either because of overly short answers or sophisticated answers which my vocabulary can't cope with. Thanks i