Can one use:
[color=red]1) I found people there to meet me.
instead of:
[color=indigo]2) I found people who were there to meet me.
Can one use:
[color=red]3) I found people there to fight me.
instead of:
[color=indigo]4) I found people who were there to fight me.
Gratefully,
Navi.
I think the sentences in red are far more natural than the ones in purple.
I suspect you can see a dual meaning in the 2nd:
I found people there to fight me:
You’re probably asking yourself
Does this mean ‘I sought out people who were able to fight me’ or ‘I met people whose purpose was to fight me and that is why they were there’? The natural assumption would be to expect the latter meaning unless there was anything else in the context which would indicate the former.
The question does not really arise when ‘meet’ is there. Logically, you would not be seeking out people to meet you.
Thank you very much, Beeesneees,
You know me well enough to read my mind!
One more question:
Are these correct:
[color=blue]
1a) I found people to meet me.
1b) There, I found people to meet me.
1c) I found people there to meet me there.
Gratefully,
Navi.
The second ‘there’ in 1c is redundant.