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A man with two children came to my office. #1 (permalink) Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:31 am   A man with two children came to my office.
 

A man with two children came to my office.

Can't this mean two things:

1-A man who was the father of two children came to my office. (Maybe he was alone when he came to my office.)
2-A man who was accompanied by two children came into my office. (Maybe he wasn't the father of the two children.)
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A man with two children came to my office. #2 (permalink) Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:27 am   A man with two children came to my office.
 

Indeed it can. You are correct in your supposition.

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A man with two children came to my office. #3 (permalink) Wed Jun 17, 2009 0:06 am   A man with two children came to my office.
 

Navi wrote:
A man with two children came to my office.

Can't this mean two things:

1-A man who was the father of two children came to my office. (Maybe he was alone when he came to my office.)
2-A man who was accompanied by two children came into my office. (Maybe he wasn't the father of the two children.)

True, but for the second meaning we would usually say, "A man came into my office with two children."
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