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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

"...as I go along"

'I adapt to the plan as I go along.'

Does this sentence sound natural? I am a bit unsure if 'go along' is the correct phrase here. The context is that I make changes to the plan when the need arises.

Thank you

PBF
  

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The use of the expression is quite natural here, but there's a logical conflict with your described intention. There are two scenarios here: (1) You yourself change your (routine) to fit the plan, as you find it necessary. (2) You change the plan to fit the conditions.

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  • The use of the expression is quite natural here, but there's a logical conflict with your described intention.
  • There are two scenarios here: (1) You yourself change your (routine) to fit the plan, as you find it necessary.
  • (2) You change the plan to fit the conditions.
  • " Which do you really mean?
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The use of the expression is quite natural here, but there's a logical conflict with your described intention.

There are two scenarios here:
(1) You yourself change your (routine) to fit the plan, as you find it necessary.
(2) You change the plan to fit the conditions.

The first is intransitive - your actual sentence, "I adapt [myself] to the plan etc."

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Oh. I had the second scenario in my mind.

I should have said 'I adapt the plan as I go along', right? Just wondering. How do '...when the need arises' and 'as I go along' compare?

Thanks again

PBF
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Right.

"As I go along" and "when / as the need arises" are interchangeable here.
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