To me "meant to do" says that the job was something the person wanted to do, but it was not urgent or even important but something that could be taken care of later with no harm done.
On the other hand, "supposed to" says the job was required, and was not done and the lack of action is regretable.

And it bothers me that "presently" is often used now to mean at present or currently. In the older dictionaries I have "presently" means "in a moment" and that was how I was brought up to use it. Seems today's it has changed it to be the same as "at present." Harumph!

Last edited by wow; 04/04/2007 7:04 PM.