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<p>Spot error in these sentence:
1)All the former classmates are planning on attending the formal reunion ceremony</p>

<p>My book says “we don’t plan on doing sth, we plan to do it”. But Oxford dictionary says:
plan (on sth / on doing sth) to intend or expect to do sth:
[v] We hadn’t planned on going anywhere this evening. Ç [v to inf] They plan to arrive some time after three. Ç [vn] We’re planning a trip to France in the spring—are you interested?</p>

<p>2)Kelly is proud of her own abilities to mediate disputes more than any of her other strength</p>

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<p>1) Yeah, the error is planning on. I can’t describe exactly why it is.
2) Did you type the second sentence correctly? I’d say “own” is unnecessary. But of course, that is assuming that “strength” was supposed to be “strengths.”</p>

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<p>heres how i see it:
Plan to DO SOMETHING
Planning ON SOMETHING. theres a diff, Plan to VERB
Plan on Noun
thats how i see it lol.</p>

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<p>I don’t understand Ren the Sat’er? What is the difference in 1 anyway? (The example I got from RR)
2) I don’t know, they (kaplan) says it is c but then in the explanation it says that’s not c</p>

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<p>1) i think it’s just an idiom error. You can’t plan ON something. You can sit on something. You plan TO DO something.
2) It’d be nice to know what you can and cannot change in the sentence. There are a few things that I think are wrong with the sentence but i don’t know which one is right because I don’t know what are the underlined portions of the sentence.</p>

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<p>“Plan on” is perfectly grammatically sound. You use that when the following word is a gerund, as in I plan on building a house this afternoon.</p>

<p>You say “plan to” when you use infinitive as the verb, as in I plan to build a house this afternoon. In short, both forms are natural. Personally, I would take Oxford dictionaries over RR any day.</p>

<p>(lookie here: [to</a> plan to do sth. vs. to plan on doing sth. - UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum](<a href=“Ask a Teacher | UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum”>Ask a Teacher | UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum)
and here: [intend on](<a href=“intend on | Common Errors in English Usage and More | Washington State University”>A.D. | Common Errors in English Usage and More | Washington State University))</p>

<p>As for number 2, I think “strength” is supposed to be “strengths” because we are clearly comparing her many strengths, not just two of them.</p>

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<p>1) It’s more idiomatic to say planning to.
2)Kelly is proud of her own abilities to mediate disputes more than any of her other strength</p>

<p>I think it should be: Kelly is proud of her ability to mediate disputes more than any of her other strengths.</p>

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<p>There were some typos in 2). This is the original:
Kelly is proud of her own abilities to mediate disputes more than any of her other strengths. No error</p>

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<p>yeah I always thought it was just an idiom you have to remember… Every time I see a spot the error with this phrase in it, the answer almost always lies in this.</p>

<p>yeah for #2, it should be"ability to". And I also think OWN is a little redundant. But this one is very problematic.</p>

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<p>I dont think you can have two conjugated verbs in a row. planning on attending. Doesnt seem right. Either Plan on attending, or plan to attend.</p>

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<p>hm… it’s just a matter of style, methinks, but the structure is wrong because it’s wordy?</p>