settle a meeting for

Status
Not open for further replies.

BrunaBC

Member
Joined
May 18, 2012
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
Portuguese
Home Country
Brazil
Current Location
Brazil
Hi,

Could you help me with this one?
Supposing that I know that a meeting was settled / arranged today and I want to ask when it will take place.
Are the questions below right?

1) When did you arrange the meeting for?

2) When did you settle the meeting for?

Thank you
 

bhaisahab

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Apr 12, 2008
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
Ireland
Hi,

Could you help me with this one?
Supposing that I know that a meeting was settled / arranged today and I want to ask when it will take place.
Are the questions below right?

1) When did you arrange the meeting for?

2) When did you settle the meeting for?

Thank you

The first one is fine. The second is not natural.
 

billmcd

Key Member
Joined
Mar 27, 2009
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
English
Home Country
United States
Current Location
United States
Hi,

Could you help me with this one?
Supposing that I know that a meeting was settled / arranged today and I want to ask when it will take place.
Are the questions below right?

1) When did you arrange the meeting for?

2) When did you settle the meeting for?

Thank you

I would prefer, "When is the meeting scheduled?"
 

emsr2d2

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jul 28, 2009
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
UK
Hi,

Could you help me with this one?
Supposing that I know that a meeting was settled / arranged today and I want to ask when it will take place.
Are the questions below right?

1) When did you arrange the meeting for?

2) When did you settle the meeting for?

Thank you

We don't use "settle" like that. You might hear "We settled on a date for the meeting" where "to settle on" means "to agree", "to decide" or "to choose".

I would use "When did you arrange the meeting for?" I don't think we use schedule quite as often in BrE as it's used in AmE. I might also say "So when's the meeting?" if I knew that a date/time had been fixed and the person I was speaking to knew which meeting I was talking about.
 

BrunaBC

Member
Joined
May 18, 2012
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
Portuguese
Home Country
Brazil
Current Location
Brazil
We don't use "settle" like that. You might hear "We settled on a date for the meeting" where "to settle on" means "to agree", "to decide" or "to choose".

I would use "When did you arrange the meeting for?" I don't think we use schedule quite as often in BrE as it's used in AmE. I might also say "So when's the meeting?" if I knew that a date/time had been fixed and the person I was speaking to knew which meeting I was talking about.

I see your point, and I was thinking if it's wrong to say "when's the meeting going to be?"
 

bhaisahab

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Apr 12, 2008
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
Ireland
I see your point, and I was thinking if it's wrong to say "when's the meeting going to be?"

"When is the meeting going to be?" is fine.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top