HSS  +  256015 Tue, 15 Aug 06 09:36 AM Hi. I'm just curious to know .... You would say, "You guys are meant to be," when you want to say, "You two are destined to meet each other and be together." In the former sentence, you would more formally want to say, "You are meant to be together," right? Also, in or at is dropped off after be when you say this is the place to be, right? Many thanks in advance. Hiro Sendai, Japan HSS Joined on Wed, Nov 16 2005 Sendai, Japan Regular Member 681 JH7JHH, First Class ham radio operator. N9COW in the US.

	nona the brit  +  256120 Tue, 15 Aug 06 03:32 PM Yes you have the right meanings, I wouldn't say 'be together' is necessarily more formal than just 'be' though. You are correct in dropping in or at when discussing a place in this way. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Marius Hancu  +  256139 Tue, 15 Aug 06 04:14 PM IMO,  together is quite important in this context.   I really don't think that "You two are meant to be" is the equivalent of "You two are meant to be together" Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673

	nona the brit  +  256159 Tue, 15 Aug 06 05:29 PM Yes there is a very slight difference. 'You two are meant to be together is quite straightforward. 'Meant to be' is an idiom meaning 'fated' or 'destined to be or happen' so in this context would mean that they were destined to be a couple ('a couple' is implied here). 'It was meant to be' or 'It wasn't meant to be' are quite common phrases and you don't have to specify what the 'be' is, it is picked up from the context. 'They were meant to be' would be understood perfectly well. nona the brit Idioms

	Raiden005  +  256208 Tue, 15 Aug 06 07:15 PM I agree with nona the term "together" is definately understood in the english "language"; but should be placed in "wrighting" to make it more gramatically correct. Hope this helps!!!!, Raiden005  Raiden005 Joined on Wed, Aug 9 2006 New Member 16

	Marius Hancu  +  256260 Tue, 15 Aug 06 09:54 PM OK, after making a search at Yahoo on you two were meant to be, I came up with many you two were meant to be together, but also many without, especially on personal/dating sites, thus I must say it's understood by many. I don't like it in terms of clarity, because you can also find you two were meant to be just friends but it's  fine with me Marius Hancu