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there is that excercise in my learning book, gives you words and you must form a sentence, the words are: Nach - Mittagessen - mit - Kunden - ich - telefonieren müssen
Answers:
the first one is grammatically accurate that's for sure, but is the second correct? and if so, do both answers give the same meaning?
Both are possible, but they do not have the same meaning.
The first one:
Nach dem Mittagessen muss ich mit Kunden telefonieren.
means:
After lunch, I must make a phone call with customers.
whereas:
Nach dem Mittagessen mit Kunden muss ich telefonieren.
means:
After lunch with customers, I must make a phone call.
So this is quite similar to how this "works" in English.
