You have to meet her every other day?

[Polyester]

You have to meet her every other day?

What does every other mean?

Can I say
"You have to meet her every other day?"
VS
"You have to meet her other day?"

 

[probus]

"Every other" means "every second" or "every alternate". For example, you have to meet her on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

 

[SoothingDave]

"Meet with her." When you "meet" someone, it is only the first time. This is Bob, this is Sue, pleased to meet you, etc.

When you "meet with" someone, you have an appointment, some planned time to get together.

 

[probus]

"Meet with her." When you "meet" someone, it is only the first time. This is Bob, this is Sue, pleased to meet you, etc.

When you "meet with" someone, you have an appointment, some planned time to get together.

That is something of an Americanism. In much of the English-speaking world you meet someone every time you encounter him or her. I wanted to say encounter them, but just could bring myself to do it. ;-)

 

[emsr2d2]

That is something of an Americanism. In much of the English-speaking world you meet someone every time you encounter him or her. I wanted to say encounter them, but just could bring myself to do it. ;-)

Surely you meant that you couldn't bring yourself to do it.

I agree with the rest. I see "to meet with" as particularly used in AmE. As a BrE speaker, I would say "I'm going to meet my sister once a week from now on. I don't see enough of her". I might use "I'm going to meet up with my sister ..." for the same meaning. I wouldn't use "I'm going to meet with my sister ...".

 

[SoothingDave]

In AmE, we would say something like "I'll meet you at the airport" for someone whom we have "met" before.

But if I have a weekly appointment with Bob, then I "meet with him" once a week. Not "meet him."

 

[Tdol]

It would be OK to use meet with in BrE, but most people wouldn't.

 

[emsr2d2]

But if I have a weekly appointment with Bob, then I "meet with him" once a week. Not "meet him."

For actual appointments, such as with a solicitor or a bank manager, I would also use "meet with" but it sounds too business-like and formal to use when meeting your sister for a cup of tea, a piece of cake and a good old gossip.

 

[SoothingDave]

"I'll meet my sister for tea later" sounds OK to me. "I meet my sister for tea every Tuesday" sounds OK, too. But a bare "I meet my sister every Tuesday" sounds odd to me.

 

[Tdol]

Chalk it up as another difference. ;-)