I need help choosing a proprer word in my writing.?

Question

I'm not a native speaker. So it is too difficult to choose proper words in my writing.
Here is a sentence and I'm feeling muddled because I'm not sure which words is proper in ( ).

Mr. Garrison met with the director of Kumpo Fashion Inc. ( ) the possibility of doing freelance designing for the company.

I think these words maybe wil be proper but I'm not sure.
Please let me know the right expression and the reason.

From south korea

Answer 1

The only word in your list that could be used is "about."

None of the other words make any sense in the dialect I speak (western United States).

I would use "regarding," but "to discuss" would also be appropriate. Both of these are the most sophisticated way to say this phrase. By sophisticated I mean they are the terms that would be used by an educated businessman or woman in our culture.

Using the word "about" would be correct also, but it is much more casual and common, and I personally would not use it in communication regarding business.

In the US, we also use "confused" rather than muddled. Muddled is a perfectly correct English word, and may be very common in some places, but not here. It sounds strange to hear it, even though I recognize it as correct.

Often foreigners will use correct vocabulary, structure and grammar, but they are using patterns that are not common for us, and so they sound "foreign." This is very frustrating to hard working students of English, especially when we speak differently than we write.
For example, we write "Don't you want to come with us?"
But we say: "Dontcha wanna come with us?"

Answer 2

Mr. Garrison had a meeting with the director of Kumpo Fashion Inc. about the possibility of being a freelance designer for the company.

or

Mr. Garrison met the director of Kumpo Fasion Inc. to talk about the possibility of doing a freelance design work for the company.

Answer 3

Mr. Garrison met with the director of Kumpo Fashion Inc. to discuss the possibility of doing freelance designing for the company.

Reason: Mr. Garrison wanted to discuss the possibility of doing freelance designing for a company called Kumpo Fashion Inc. So he met the director of that company.

Answer 4

Mr Garrison met the director of Kumpo Fashion Inc to discuss about the possibility of doing freelance designing for the company.

'with' as in 'met with' is unnecessary.
Include "to discuss about" as we always 'meet' to 'discuss about' something.

Answer 5

Try "to discuss the possibility of doing freelance designing"

Answer 6

regarding

Answer 7

I think you are looking for "regarding", which means "in relation to..."

Answer 8

perhaps "to pursue"

any of the other words you mentioned make sense, too.

Answer 9

for the possibility

Answer 10

"About" is the correct word. "With" is close, but about is better. I cannot give you a reason.