Umm...when I said "I hope to congratulate you on your new desk very soon", what I meant to say was "I hope to congratulate you on getting your new desk very soon".
I didn't realize the ambiguity of the original phrasing until just now. (That's my story, and I'm sticking to it)
Of course, there may be a difference between "what I meant to say" and "what I meant"...
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I didn't realize the ambiguity of the original phrasing until just now. (That's my story, and I'm sticking to it)
Of course, there may be a difference between "what I meant to say" and "what I meant"...