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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Usage of the word 'plan'
1 something that you intend to do or achieve
plan (to do something) 1) There are no plans to build new offices.
2 a set of things to do in order to achieve something, especially one that has been considered in detail in advance
plan (to do something) 2) The government has announced plans to create one million new training places.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/plan
This has been a question I would like to solve for a long time and I would like to ask if there are two ways of understanding a plan(plans) to V phrases like in #1 plans is equal to to build new offices, plans = to build new offices but in #2, to create one million new training places modifies plans for purposes like "a meeting to discuss the issue" or here also plans = to create one million new training places? What do you native English speakers think?
"The project is part of the government's three-year economic innovation plan to boost domestic demand and raise the employment rate."
And then here, which rule do you think I should apply to the phrase?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
plan (to do something) 1) There are no plans to build new offices.
2 a set of things to do in order to achieve something, especially one that has been considered in detail in advance
plan (to do something) 2) The government has announced plans to create one million new training places.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/plan
This has been a question I would like to solve for a long time and I would like to ask if there are two ways of understanding a plan(plans) to V phrases like in #1 plans is equal to to build new offices, plans = to build new offices but in #2, to create one million new training places modifies plans for purposes like "a meeting to discuss the issue" or here also plans = to create one million new training places? What do you native English speakers think?
"The project is part of the government's three-year economic innovation plan to boost domestic demand and raise the employment rate."
And then here, which rule do you think I should apply to the phrase?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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They seem to be the same usage to me, plan = already-considered intention, with what follows being rather similar in each:- create <--> build <--> boost new offices <--> new training places <--> new demand plans does have other not unrelated usages, such as the plan of a building being a map. d
- They seem to be the same usage to me, plan = already-considered intention, with what follows being rather similar in each:- create <--> build <--> boost new offices <--> new training places <--> new demand plans does have other not unrelated usages, such as the plan of a building being a map.
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They seem to be the same usage to me,
plan = already-considered intention,
with what follows being rather similar in each:-
create <--> build <--> boost
new offices <--> new training places <--> new demand
plans does have other not unrelated usages, such as the plan of a building being a map.
d
plan = already-considered intention,
with what follows being rather similar in each:-
create <--> build <--> boost
new offices <--> new training places <--> new demand
plans does have other not unrelated usages, such as the plan of a building being a map.
d
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