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MustAsk Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Make/draw up a plan

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Make/draw up a plan.

Are these words appropriate here?

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Hello, Yes, they are.

  • Hello, Yes, they are.
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Hello,
Yes, they are.
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MustAskMake/draw up a plan.
Not clear.

Do you mean this?

[Make / Draw] up a plan.

Or do you mean this?

[Make / Draw up] a plan.

CJ
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I can think of several alternatives:

Make a plan.
Make up a plan.
Draw a plan.
Draw up a plan.
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Sorry for not being clear at first. Do you have any suggestions which sentences might work?
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Make a plan.
Make up a plan.
Draw a plan.
Draw up a plan.

They all work. But note that "make up a plan" can also mean "invent a (fictitious) plan", "improvise a plan (quickly, without thinking it through)".

Jake was too embarrassed to say why he was late, so he made up a story about a flat tire.

CJ

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