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Haddie Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

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A weekend is planned for/on/over this weekend.
  

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Sorry that is 'A reunion is planned.....'
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It does not make sense. Can you say it another way?
eg.
We planned our holiday over the weekend.
We planned to take our holiday this/next weekend.
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A reunion is planned for the weekend. (The reunion will take place during the weekend).
A reunion is (going to be) planned over the weekend. (The planning is done during the weekend. )
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Thank you so much AS.
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Haddie Sorry that is 'A reunion is planned.....'
'A reunion has been planned.....for this weekend. ' The present perfect is needed to show that the planning initiated sometime in the past and has yet to happen.

A reunion is planned around this time of the year. = Present passive is used to show habit or repea
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Thank you grammarfreak. Although I'm still confused about whether it should be planned or has been planned in the following context:
"I wish we could meet up"
"We will get to meet up soon. A reunion is planned for the weekend"
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Haddie"We will get to meet up soon. A reunion is planned for the weekend"
Based on the context, " has been planned" has the ideal grammar because the planning process began sometime in recent past, (by an unnamed agent) and expected to materialize soon. Past tense requires a subject which was in the sentence. So the question becomes, present perf. passive, whi
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I see "planned" in "A reunion is planned for the weekend" as an adjective rather than a past participle.

Compare: Do you have anything planned for the weekend?
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Thank you all for your help.
Ozzourti, yes I guess as an adjective planned will work fine in the context. Thank you.

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