their meeting again is more of

[GoldfishLord]

The airline’s chief executive, Willie Walsh, was meeting Tony Woodley, joint head of the Unite union, for a second day of talks after they were adjourned shortly before midnight Thursday. ---taken from the NYT
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A: Dear all,

Why not 'the second day of talks' ? Could you explain to me? Thanks.

B: If you say "a second day" it sounds like their meeting again is more of an impromptu thing. They met to try to figure out the issue, and when that didn't work, they agreed to meet up on the following day.

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I'd like to know why "again" is used just after the noun "meeting".
I'd also like to know if "again" is natural in that context.

 

[tedmc]

Re: thier meeting again is mo

They meet (on) the second day.
They meet for a second day of talks.

I think "a second day of" modify "talks".

 

[Tarheel]

Re: thier meeting again is mo

They meet (on) the second day.
They meet for a second day of talks.

I think "a second day of" modifies "talks".

OK.

 

[Tarheel]

Re: thier meeting again is mo

They meet again - they meet for a second day
their meeting again- their meeting for a second day

(Somebody is thanking people before they do anything. Weird.)

 

[jutfrank]

Re: thier meeting again is mo

I'd like to know why "again" is used just after the noun "meeting".

their meeting again is another way to say their second time having a meeting. Grammatically, it's called a gerund phrase.

I'd also like to know if "again" is natural in that context.

Of course it's natural. Do you mean you suspect the member xqby of being a non-native speaker?

 

[GoldfishLord]

Re: thier meeting again is mo

their meeting again is another way to say their second time having a meeting. Grammatically, it's called a gerund phrase.

I'd also like to know if "their meeting again" is a variant form of "theirs meeting again".

Do you mean you suspect the member xqby of being a non-native speaker?

No, I don't.

 

[Rover_KE]

Re: thier meeting again is mo

I'd also like to know if "their meeting again" is a variant form of "theirs meeting again".

No. That doesn't make sense.

 

[GoldfishLord]

Re: thier meeting again is mo

No. That doesn't make sense.

I was mistaken. What I'd like to know is if "their meeting again" in the original post is a variant form of "them meeting again".

 

[jutfrank]

Re: thier meeting again is mo

No, it isn't a variant form.

The word their is a subject pronoun, determining the NP meeting again.

 

[GoldfishLord]

Re: thier meeting again is mo

No, it isn't a variant form.

The word their is a subject pronoun, determining the NP meeting again.

it sounds like their meeting again is more of an impromptu thing.
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I'd also like to know if "them" can be used as a subject pronoun of the NP "meeting again" instead of "their".

 

[emsr2d2]

If you're asking if you would hear native speakers say "It sounds like them meeting again is more of an impromptu thing", then the answer is yes.