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Definition of 'how are you placed?'
I got this sentence in an email today and I'm confused. What does it mean? I assumed she's asking about where I live but the next question is 'and where are you located?'. By context it should mean what my schedule is like, but I have never heard this expression before.
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She's a native speaker (her ESL ad says so), but I wonder if she's maybe British or older. I'm glad it's not just me who's confused in any case.
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What is the rest of the context? (Before and after...)
I.e., it could mean "¿cuál es tu posición [financiera/social...] Also Oxford bilingual gives I’m rather badly placed for time at present = en este momento no dispongo de mucho tiempo That is, "how are you doing schedule-wise"? Cambridge-Klett gives this expression: how are you placed for money? ¿cuál es tu situación económica? Am I making any sense? be well-placed to = tener buenas perspectivas para, ocupar una situación idónea para...
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This sounds like a perfectly normal question to me, so presumably just English English. The exact meaning depends on the context, but asks whether you are in a position to do something.
For example, somebody might be organising a charity event and trying to recruit people to help in a variety of ways. They could ask everybody to do whatever they can, stating what function they could have, and when. Generally, how they are placed. |
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Interesting, thanks JPablo and Perikles, these explanations make perfect sense. It was about figuring out schedules to find a time to meet up for tutoring.
Learn something new every day! Thanks
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