Schedule around that period = within or outside of that period?
'Please try to schedule around that period this semester.'
In the above sentence, should 'scheduling around' mean 'scheduling within' or 'scheduling outside of'?
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" "Around that period" is not immediately understandable.
- " "Around that period" is not immediately understandable.
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It would help to see what came before that, but one reasonable interpretation is that they meant "Please try to arrange to do it (schedule) during the aforementioned stretch of time (around that period) during this semester." "Around that period" is not immediately understandable.
0schedule around is a phrasal verb.
eg If you schedule around May 12th, it means that you don't schedule anything on May 12th., because it would conflict with something already scheduled for May12th.
You can schedule around eg a date or a time or a period or an event.
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