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planned for vs planned on

Both phrases are correct, but they're used in different contexts. 'Planned for' is used to indicate the purpose or intended use of something, while 'planned on' indicates the time or date when something is scheduled to happen.
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planned for

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

It is used to indicate the purpose or intended use of something. For example, 'The meeting is planned for next Monday.'

Examples:

  • The event is planned for the end of the month.
  • The budget is planned for the next fiscal year.
  • The renovation is planned for the summer.
  • The trip is planned for next spring.
  • The surprise party is planned for her birthday.
  • Adoption by ECOFIN is planned for 25 May.
  • Full operating capability is planned for 2007.
  • Another meeting is already planned for 2008.
  • Column for the Community contribution planned for each measure.
  • Indicate the measures planned for the subsequent use/development of the results: ...
  • The expenditure planned for 2007 totals EUR 5633450
  • Getting ready for a little action planned for tonight.
  • An update of this Guideline is planned for the first quarter of 2003.
  • We are informed that a new survey is planned for 2006.
  • An amount of EUR 883500 is planned for 2006.
  • Their wedding with duke Dovercourt is planned for next week.
  • The maximum expenditure planned for 2006 is EUR 350000.
  • The next meeting of the Standing Committee is planned for 11 September.
  • 3.5.3 The change planned for the remuneration regime is insufficient alone to achieve high precision in government deposit forecasting.
  • This is what's planned for 2015.
  • We gotsomething real special planned for you.
  • Closer co-operation with accession countries is planned for 2001.
  • Structural Actions represent aid planned for the period 2007-2013.
  • But Percy planned for every contingency.
  • Mass protests are planned for Thursday and Friday.

Alternatives:

  • scheduled for
  • intended for
  • designed for
  • arranged for
  • set for

planned on

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

It is used to indicate the time or date when something is scheduled to happen. For example, 'The concert is planned on Friday night.'

Examples:

  • The meeting is planned on the 15th of May.
  • The event is planned on the weekend.
  • The trip is planned on Christmas Day.
  • The presentation is planned on Monday morning.
  • The party is planned on New Year's Eve.
  • I never planned on dying in the saddle.
  • Ali never planned on inviting us.
  • She planned on confronting him that night.
  • Maybe she planned on meeting up with him that night.
  • Listen, I know we had planned on spending the day together tomorrow...
  • Of course, I never planned on serving that wretch.
  • Which is precisely where I planned on being.
  • I hadn't really planned on saying anything.
  • It's not like she planned on me being here.
  • And he planned on destroying the evidence.
  • Well, no, I hadn't planned on going anywhere.
  • Killer tried to make it look like another robbery, but he never planned on stealing anything.
  • The truth is, I never planned on buying the R.V.
  • I always planned on coming back, but I knew you wouldn't see me until I got better.
  • Cops are at every exit we planned on.
  • I hadn't planned on having someone in my life.
  • I hadn't planned on having a wife.
  • I planned on seeing all my life.
  • Probably never planned on showing up.
  • There was one thing that I planned on my own that our mothers didn't know about.

Alternatives:

  • scheduled on
  • set on
  • arranged on
  • organized on
  • fixed on

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