• Soffia Carbone, ex Guía de Inglés
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Mis alumnos suelen preguntarme cuál es la diferencia entre estas tres palabras, ya que suelen confundirlas. Vamos a revisar el significado, los tipos de meeting, appointment y date y los verbos que podemos usar con cada una de estas palabras.

MEETING: when people come together to discuss/ decide something (reunión para discutir/ decidir algo)

Ejemplo: The principal called a meeting with teachers and parents.

Tipos de meetings (reuniones): frequent, annual, weekly, etc. formal, informal public, private, secret extraordinary, special business, political romantic

Verbos que se combinan con meeting:

have/ hold: The students are having a meeting with the staff coordinator.

arrange/ call/ schedule: We need to arrange a meeting for tomorrow.

attend/ participate in: I wont’ be able to attend the meeting.

chair/ conduct: The new manager chaired the meeting.

postpone/ cancel: If it rains, we will postpone the open-air meeting for next weekend.

APPOINTMENT: agreement to meet somebody (acuerdo para encontrarse con alguien)

Ejemplo: The patient arrived without an appointment.

Tipos de appointments (citas): business, medical, hospital

Verbos que se utilizan con appointment:

have: Susan has an appointment with Doctor Wilson at ten thirty.

make: I’d like to make an appointment to see the eye doctor, please.

get: It’s not easy to get an appointment with the boss.

break/miss/cancel: Mrs.Martin has already missed two appointments.

DATE: appointment to meet somebody socially (cita para reunirse con alguien socialmente) Se usa bastante en el contexto de “estar saliendo con una persona” como novios o con el propósito de convertirse en novios.

Por ejemplo: I’m dating Jack, I really like him. Estoy saliendo con Jack, me gusta mucho. Ejemplo: Peter’s out on a date with his new girlfriend.

Tipos de dates (citas):

blind date (cita a ciegas) I met my husband on a blind date.

dinner/lunch

Verbos que se colocan con date:

have: She has a date with John on Friday night.

make: Let’s make a date to have dinner.

cancel/break: I’m afraid I have to break our dinner date.