NATO defense ministers wrap up their meeting in Brussels today.

[Barque]

You didn't say that.

 

[Barque]

If you just say "scheduled", it means the start date.

Quoting myself from post #18.

 

[kadioguy]

You didn't say that.

NATO defense ministers wrap up their meeting in Brussels today.

Another possible answer would be that the event is scheduled.

I thought the example sentence is like a item/event/action, which is scheduled - it's going to happen today.

 

[Barque]

It could mean that.

The meeting wraps up today = The meeting is scheduled to wrap up today.

My point is that your question didn't make that clear. You just asked if it can mean "scheduled". That suggests "Can it mean 'scheduled to start today?'"

 

[Barque]

Another possible answer would be that the event is scheduled.

This sounds as if you're asking if the event (the meeting) is scheduled to start "today".

 

[kadioguy]

Isn't "to wrap up the meeting" an event?

Does "the event" have to refer to the whole meeting itself?

PS - It is my bedtime now. I'll be back later.

 

[Barque]

Isn't "to wrap up the meeting" an event?

No.

Does "the event" have to refer to the whole meeting itself?

It doesn't have to. But that's how it would normally be understood.

Language isn't just about grammar and literal meanings of words. It's also about how words and phrases are commonly understood, and how words are commonly used.

English is a difficult language to learn to speak naturally if you start late in life (by which I mean after the age of 10 or so).

 

[5jj]

It could be a newspaper headline.

English is a difficult language to learn to speak naturally if you start late in life (by which I mean after the age of 10 or so).

I have not seen any evidence that it is more difficult than any other language.

 

[Rover_KE]

It's time to wrap this up.

Thread locked.