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Native speakers help is needed
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Hello!
Could you help me this with this sentence: "But when something comes up that may make my plans go off schedule it stresses me out a bit." Is this sentence correct?
My main problem is the expression "go off schedule". I �ve already looked it up in the dictionaries, but I can �t find anything. Does this expression exist? If yes, what �s its meaning?
Thanks in advance.
Dina |
29 May 2012
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Jayho
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Hi Dina
The commonly used expression is: not + going according to schedule
Although I don �t hear it expressed as go off schedule, it sounds perfectly ok to me in the above context and I immediately understood it to mean the same. I googled it and found it only twice - which suprises me - so maybe it isn �t commonly used.
I �m interested to hear what other NS say.
Cheers
Jayho |
29 May 2012
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yanogator
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I �d say that it is more common for a person to go off schedule than for plans to do it, but it sounds natural to me (with a comma after schedule in your sentence, of course).
Bruce |
29 May 2012
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GIOVANNI
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We also use not going according to schedule. As in, "again my plans are not going according to schedule". I �ve also heard people use "the train went off schedule several times this week",
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29 May 2012
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mariamit
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I agree with Bruce. We usually say a person goes off schedule but it doesn �t sound wrong. Of course I prefer according to schedule, also.
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29 May 2012
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