JIM : Who's the tall woman next to Barbara?
CHARLES : That's her friend Mary. Didn't you meet her at Steve's party?
JIM : No, I wasn't at Steve's party.
CHARLES: Oh, Then let me introduce you to her now. Mary, this is my friend Jim.
MARY :Hi, Jim. Nice meet you.
JIM : You, too. Would you like a drink?
MARY: Sure, let's go get one.
- Language notes
CHARLES : That's her friend Mary. Didn't you meet her at Steve's party?
JIM : No, I wasn't at Steve's party.
CHARLES: Oh, Then let me introduce you to her now. Mary, this is my friend Jim.
MARY :Hi, Jim. Nice meet you.
JIM : You, too. Would you like a drink?
MARY: Sure, let's go get one.
- Language notes
- "Who is" is the contracted form of who is. it is pronounced same way as. "Whose", but the meaning is different.
- Didn't you meet her...? Notice that this is a negative question. Charles through that Jim had meet Mary before. He is now surprised that Jim does not know Mary, and so he uses a negative question to show his surprise.
- I wasn't at Steve's party. Notice that the emphasis here is on "at" although prepositions normally have week stress. In this case "at" means "there" (I wasn't there).
- Mary this is my friend Jim. This is a friendly who to introduce two people. It's common to follow this with "Jim, this is Mary." In this case Mary says"Hi, Jim." first
- Nice to meet you. This is a typical response after you've been introduced to someone.
- "Sure." is often used informal conversation to mean "yes."
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