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Plan vs planned

The phrases 'plan' and 'planned' are not directly comparable as they serve different purposes. 'Plan' is a noun referring to a course of action, while 'planned' is the past tense or past participle form of the verb 'plan'. They are used in different contexts and cannot be interchanged.

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Plan

The word 'plan' is correct as a noun referring to a course of action or intention.

Use 'plan' when referring to a specific course of action or intention. It is a noun that represents a strategy or a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something.

Examples:

I have a plan to start my own business next year.
What's your plan for the weekend?
The company's expansion plan was well thought out.

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POTUS just activated the National Response Plan.
Until we switched to Plan B.
Plan your ablutions and bodily functions accordingly.
Plan ahead with our information on temperature and rainfall.
The commander has initiated Battle Plan Zeta.
Miranda, my Five Phase Plan has been scientifically formulated.
The 2005-2007 Business Plan forecasts confirm this level.
References: Description about the influences that underpin the Plan.
Contingency Plan Continue implementing (R).
Barcelona, Spain.CERDÁ, Ildefons.Reform and Expansion Plan.
National Plan for seismic risk prevention (art.
Plan opens pressed steel is chrome.
PWPoint Paolo Pucci The Amsterdam Extension Plan of 1934.
The 2018 Development Plan introduced a new resilience measure.
Informative Document for the Long-Term Monetary Incentive Plan March 1.
See the NOS's Policy Plan 2000-2010.
The Rural Development Plan contains a measure supporting investments in agricultural holdings.
Develop Data Management Plan and Checklist.
Plan B comprises two key elements.
The Baker Plan was a universal disappointment.

Alternatives:

strategy
intention
proposal
course of action

planned

The word 'planned' is correct as the past tense or past participle form of the verb 'plan'.

Use 'planned' when referring to something that was arranged or intended beforehand. It is the past form of the verb 'plan' and indicates that an action was thought out in advance.

Examples:

She planned the party for weeks.
The trip was carefully planned to avoid any issues.
They have already planned their vacation for next summer.

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Another meeting is already planned for 2008.
Roman Grant disappears the night before his planned arrest.
They learned the routines, planned ahead.
Or whatever your pal has planned.
Every hour of the day was planned out.
Therefore something much larger in scale is being planned.
Technically, I planned the whole mission.
It was efficiently planned and deliberately induced hypovolemic shock.
We gotsomething real special planned for you.
The planned scheme aims to promote capital investment in agricultural diversification projects.
This concerns in particular the planned increase in infrastructure investment.
Then you could sneak safely away as planned.
I've planned this well, Tom.
We also have a very special encore planned for you tonight.
No, we planned this surgery in an order.
There was one thing that I planned on my own that our mothers didn't know about.
A perfectly planned job is a kind of seduction.
Which suggests he may not have planned the abduction.
We planned to meet after mexico.
Chris has already planned a beautiful evening.

Alternatives:

arranged
intended
organized
prearranged

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