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Pructus Posted 13 years ago
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Were to

The album unites three musicians who were to have met in Havana in 1996: Eliades Ochoa, the cowboy-hat-wearing guitarist and singer from eastern Cuba; and, from Mali, the renowned electric guitarist Djelimady Tounkara; and Bassekou Kouyate, who plays the ngoni, an ancestor of the banjo.

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Hi,

The underlined "were to have met "....
Does it mean that they actually met in 1996?
  

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It means they didn't meet in Havana in 1996. They could of course have met there, or elsewhere, in another year.

— Anonymous

  • It means they didn't meet in Havana in 1996.
  • They could of course have met there, or elsewhere, in another year.
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It means they didn't meet in Havana in 1996. They could of course have met there, or elsewhere, in another year.
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pructusDoes it mean that they actually met in 1996?
No. - CB
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Hi, I am not a teacher, so please don't rely on my answer.

Does it mean that they actually met in 1996?
I would say NO.
It was scheduled or supposed to but didn't actually happen.
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Thanks, Cool Breeze and MIG and Anonymous!!
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