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Tenacious Learner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Are 'plans' and 'intentions' synonyms?

Hi teachers,
I have the plan to visit her.
I have the intention to visit her.

Thanks in advance.
  

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Yes, pretty much, but you've got the wrong article in your first example - it should be "a", not "the": I have a plan to visit her. BillJ

— BillJ

  • Yes, pretty much, but you've got the wrong article in your first example - it should be "a", not "the": I have a plan to visit her.
  • BillJ
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Yes, pretty much, but you've got the wrong article in your first example - it should be "a", not "the":

I have a plan to visit her.

BillJ
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Hi BillJ,
Thanks a lot for your reply and correction.

TS
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Hi,

In broad terms, I think of a plan as more definite and more specific than an intention.
The word 'intention' usually suggests to me 'a mental act'.

Clive
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Oxford dictionary definition of "plan": An intention or decision ...

BillJ
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I guess they have their definition and I have mine, Bill.Emotion: wink

B
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Every year, on January 1, I state my intention to lose some weight and get more exercise.
But, because I never make a plan to do it, I am still beautifully rubenesque.
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Hi Clive
Thanks a lot for your reply.
I found these definitions in Dictionary.com.
Intention: an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
Plan: a specific project or definite purpose.

TS
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AlpheccaStarsBut, because I never make a plan to do it, I am still beautifully rubenesque.
Hi,
Thanks a lot for your example. It really helps.
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Detail from "The Three Graces" by Peter Paul Rubens (a picture is worth a thousand words).
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