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Tuesday, November 8, 2005

Re: Future Plans

Posted by on November 8 at 17:54 PM

What about “immediate plans”? Can we still make those? How about short-term and/or long-term plans?

Sure, you can make them; just don’t call ‘em “future plans”—not around me, anyway.

When someone says they have plans, you do wonder if they’re talking about plans for lunch (immediate) or plans for world domination (future). Therefore, Mr. Segal, I don’t think “future plans” should be banned.

Dan, it is usually understood by the context whether the plans are immediate or long-term. Especially in print, “future plans” looks ugly. But I’m merely one word nerd whining into the void. Don’t mind me. I’ll be over on the fringes, fighting lost causes.