If the dictionaries say so, it should be fine.
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Gene93"I am not going to postpone my plans no matter what they say."?The problem is that we don't postpone plans because a plan is not an event.
AlpheccaStars Gene93"I am not going to postpone my plans no matter what they say."?The problem is that we don't postpone plans because a plan is not an event.We can postpone making plans, a trip, buying a car, a meeting, seeing a movie, and so on.https://www.goo
tamguatlaychange our plansChanging plans is OK.
AlpheccaStars tamguatlaychange our plansChanging plans is OK. They probably mean postpone our visit or change our plans. It would be clear from the context.Thanks, AStars.
She accuses me of putting my husband's family ahead of her and does not understand why we can't postpone or change our plans. (From fraze.it |
AlpheccaStarsOK. But "postpone plans" with no context of time-related events does not sound very natural to me.Thanks, AStars.
tamguatlayThat means you don't agree with the usage of postpone plans used by the writers.I don't either, though I could stretch it and say that "postpone plans" is a shorter way of saying "postpone what I planned (to do)". Since the long way is rather a mouthful, I can accept the short form as an abbreviation, but personally I think I would avoid it when po