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Aleilei Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Plan on doing / plan to do ?
Hi there,
I hear the phrase of 'Were you planning on doing...' a lot in daily talk. For example, 'Were you planning on speaking to that girl?' or 'Were you planning on kissing him?'
Although I can guess its meaning in general, I don't understand the usage of this phrase 'Were you planning on doing...'. Why don't people simply say 'Did you ever plan to speak to that girl?'
Why 'plan on doing', intead of 'plan to do'? Why past continuous tense?
Thanks a lot.
I hear the phrase of 'Were you planning on doing...' a lot in daily talk. For example, 'Were you planning on speaking to that girl?' or 'Were you planning on kissing him?'
Although I can guess its meaning in general, I don't understand the usage of this phrase 'Were you planning on doing...'. Why don't people simply say 'Did you ever plan to speak to that girl?'
Why 'plan on doing', intead of 'plan to do'? Why past continuous tense?
Thanks a lot.
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'Were you planning on' is actually the equivalent of 'do you plan on' and 'are you planning on', but it is used in a more hypothetical sense in which the opportunity to 'do' whatever is less likely to occur.
- 'Were you planning on' is actually the equivalent of 'do you plan on' and 'are you planning on', but it is used in a more hypothetical sense in which the opportunity to 'do' whatever is less likely to occur.
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'Were you planning on' is actually the equivalent of 'do you plan on' and 'are you planning on', but it is used in a more hypothetical sense in which the opportunity to 'do' whatever is less likely to occur.
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