as expected??

[GandalfMB]

Hello, my dear friends ,
I have a very short question for you and I hope you can help me. Usually I would say "The meeting went off better than I expected" or just "The meeting went well". Is it correct to say "The meeting went as expected."? It sounds unnatural to me, but after all you are the experts .

Thank you in advance

Good Luck!

 

[sound shift]

"The meeting went as expected" is a grammatical sentence, but your three sentences are not identical in meaning. Context will determine which one is the best of the three.

 

[Edinburgher]

"The meeting went as expected" is not only grammatically correct, it is perfectly natural. As SS says, it doesn't mean the same as the other two sentences, and in particular it doesn't mean it went as well as you expected, it just means there were no surprises.

For me, the word "off" in the first example does not fit.

 

[GandalfMB]

I think I have seen it used in such contexts, Edinburgher. Of course I am not a native speaker and it is up to you to tell, my friend .
Thank you

 

[Parla]

Both "went" and "went off" are used in such sentences in AE.

 

[marylou2010]

Hello everyone

Could "as" be replaced by "like" as in "The meeting went like expected." or is "as expected" a fixed expression? Thanks a lot!