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i planned vs i was planned

The phrases 'i planned' and 'i was planned' have different meanings and cannot be directly compared. 'I planned' is correct when referring to an action that the speaker has decided to do, while 'I was planned' is correct when referring to someone being intentionally arranged or organized by someone else.

Last updated: March 27, 2024

i planned

This phrase is correct when referring to an action that the speaker has decided to do.

This phrase is used to express that the speaker has made a decision or arrangement for something.

Examples:

I planned to go to the beach tomorrow.
She planned a surprise party for her friend.

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It is all exactly as I planned.
I planned to be long gone before then.
Technically, I planned the whole mission.
It's because I planned ahead.
You turned on Tom exactly as I planned.
I planned for the sixteenth, but this changes everything.
I planned every detail of your little heroic journey into the Underworld.
I planned to take responsibility for everything.
Which is precisely where I planned on being.
There was one thing that I planned on my own that our mothers didn't know about.
So he says I planned it all along.
We'll have to go much shorter than I planned.
It's not what I planned.
And I planned my whole route.
I planned to invent a dance.
I planned this whole night for you. I'm sorry.
This isn't something that I planned.
Tonight they will be introduced to the world just as I planned it, as terrorists.
(Corona) the first to go to jail I planned everything.
You know, I planned a much different evening.

Alternatives:

I decided
I arranged
I organized
I scheduled
I intended

i was planned

This phrase is correct when referring to someone being intentionally arranged or organized by someone else.

This phrase is used to indicate that the person was the result of intentional planning or arrangement by another individual.

Examples:

I was planned to be the keynote speaker at the event.
The project team was planned carefully by the manager.

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It's all right. It's not like I thought I was planned.
MEDA I was planned for a period of 5 years (1995-1999), and allocated a budget of EUR 3435m out of a total package of EUR 4685m granted to the 12 Mediterranean partners.
I suspect it was planned by someone.
I mean, I had no idea that I wasn't planned.
I admit the caper was planned in my house, but it wasn't I who planned it.
That wedding I planned was so beautiful.
I ADMIT THE CAPER WAS PLANNED IN MY HOUSE,
My answer was I planned to live on royalties from writing
I was there when you planned it.
I was the one who planned the birthday parties.
I was the one who planned it.
When I said this was a planned community, it was an understatement.
or maybe desperation pushed some to look for a new island to live on, but I doubt it was planned.
I was so thrilled when Planned Parenthood asked to name a fund after him.
I mean it was well-planned well-executed they knew her routine
Subject: Access to Council documents by the public How much progress has been made with the register of Council documents which would be accessible to the public on the Internet B which I believe was planned for January 1998?
I know it wasn't planned and I know it's a shock and we haven't got any money but...
Listen, Arthur, I know this wasn't planned, but how often do three-ways with this particular ratio come along, with two guys and a girl?
BUT IT WASN'T I WHO PLANNED IT. AND I DID NOT PLAN OR HAVE ANYTHING TO DO...
I'll just make them think this was planned.

Alternatives:

I was arranged
I was organized
I was scheduled
I was intended

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