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HUBLOT Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Everything is "going well" / "in place"

Hi teachers,





- Everything is going well.
- Everything is in place.

Do these two mean the same thing?
  

Top answer

Not necessarily.

  • Not necessarily.
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If everything is in place, is it ready?
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Could you tell me what the difference is?
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Hublot, the difference is in the meanings of the words/phrases themselves.

If everything is going well, then the situation is progressing in a satisfactory manner, though it is not necessarily in a completed state. If everything is in place, then every physical thing is where it should be and, by extension, every necessary preparation has been made; it is almost certainly in a completed s
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Thank you, fivejedjon.

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