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The government has announced plans to create one million new training places.
I think that this sentence can be interpreted in two meanings.
1) plans is equal to to create one million new training places like There are no plans to build new offices.
2) ways to create one million new training places like Using the subway is the only way to avoid the traffic.
In the #1, the menaing of plans is to creat one milion new trainging places.
In the #2, the meaning of plans is not to creat one milion new trainging places, and palns mean ways or methods.
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
Hans51 In the #1, the menaing of plans is to creat one milion new trainging places. You could say that. Hans51 In the #2, the meaning of plans is not to creat one milion new trainging places, and palns mean ways or methods.
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Hans51In the #1, the menaing of plans is to creat one milion new trainging places.
You could say that.
Hans51In the #2, the meaning of plans is not to creat one milion new trainging places, and palns mean ways or methods.
No. The writer's use of "plan" is almost headline style. It's certainly journalistic. There ma