[General] She's a host of a local English club meeting in Shenzhen.

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This morning in a group a woman A was wondering if there were some English club meetings in Shenzhen. That reminded me of a friend who's hosting an English club meeting in Shenzhen. I then told A the things about my friend and also said to her "She's a host of a local English club meeting in Shenzhen".

Is the italic sentence natural?
 

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This morning, in a group, a woman, A, was wondering if there were [STRIKE]some[/STRIKE] any English club meetings in Shenzhen. That reminded me of a friend [STRIKE]who's hosting[/STRIKE] who hosts an English club meeting in Shenzhen. I then told A [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] some things about my friend and also said to her, "She's a host of a local English club meeting in Shenzhen".

Is the italic sentence natural? See the final sentence of my response.

Using "a woman A" doesn't work. At the very least, you need to enclose "A" between two commas. It would be better to use a name, even if it's not her real name.
What do you mean by "in a group"? Are you talking about a face-to-face meeting or an online chat (or similar)?

If you're in Shenzhen, you don't need "in Shenzhen" at the end. "Local" suffices. If you're not in Shenzhen, omit "local" and end with "in Shenzhen" or "there".
 

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What do you mean by "in a group"? Are you talking about a face-to-face meeting or an online chat (or similar)?

Sorry for the bad preamble. I was talking to her in an online group. It was an online chat.

If you're not in Shenzhen, omit "local" and end with "in Shenzhen" or "there".

I'm not in Shenzhen. Is the following sentence okay now?

"She's a host of a English club meeting in Shenzhen".



 

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Sorry for the bad preamble. I was talking to her in an online group. It was an online chat.
I'm not in Shenzhen. Is the following sentence okay now?

"She's a host of an English club meeting in Shenzhen".

I probably wouldn't use "meeting" there. She's one of the hosts of an English club.
 

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Is she the host of one meeting or all the meetings?
 

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Is she the host of one meeting or all the meetings?

I think I know why emsr2d2 said she wouldn't use "meeting" here because it's a bit confusing. If I say "meeting" here it means that there are many activities for people to meet. However, there are many English clubs in Shenzhen and my friend isn't the host of them. She's a host of one English club and they have one meeting once a week.
 

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I think it is understood that the host of a club hosts its meetings.
 
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