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Please help me with this sentences that contain the "roll over" expression to mean " on a different occasion"? (is my understanding of it correct?

1. Some of these assignments/activities will not be finished on the day of they were planned, so they will roll over into the next day.

Is the use of "roll over" correct in this context. Could someone provide me with more sample sentences that contain "roll over" as used in the above context. I would really appreciate it.

Doctor D · Accepted Answer

I would make two corrections. First, drop the "the day of they"--it should simply be "the day they..." Second, you need to complete the thought. If you say "the day they were planned," you are saying that the activities will not be finished on the same day they were planned. (You made your plans on Tuesday, but they will not be finished by the end of the day Tuesday.)
So I would say it thus:

Some of these assignments/activities will not be finished on the day they were planned to be completed, so they will [need to] roll over into the next day.

Usually, when something "rolls over," we mean it will take place at the next available opening, not "on a different occasion."

Here are some samples:
I couldn't pay off my credit card this month, so the balance is going to roll over to next month's bill. (Roll over is often used in a financial sense.)
The gardener didn't get around to putting in the flowers, so that job is going to roll over to his next visit.

I hope this helps.

Apatzinguense · Answer

Thank you so much.

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