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Sun 14 Jun, 2015 11:56 pm
What's the difference in meaning between
-Last night, the World Health Organisation said it would hold an emergency meeting for Tuesday on South Korea's large and complex outbreak of MERS.
-Last night, the World Health Organisation said it would hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday on South Korea's large and complex outbreak of MERS.
@WBYeats,
The second one is standard usage.
The meaning of the first is however clear enough, and the meaning is the same. No difference.
@McTag,
Thank you, but what do you mean by 'The second one is standard usage.'?
Do you mean in the UK, those who use standard English (eg He doesn't, not He don't) would use 'on' but dialect users would use 'for'?
@WBYeats,
No I don't mean that.
I will not advise you on dialect unless specifically asked to. Best to learn standard forms of the language first.
@McTag,
Um...but what's the difference between standard and non-standard here?
Do you mean 'standard' is more common, and non-standard is less so?
@WBYeats,
I think the "non-standard" phrase has got jumbled.
consider.
We'll arrange a meeting for Tuesday.
We'll hold a meeting on Tuesday
I cannot imagine a native speaker using the first example at all.
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