Posted by rfvv on Friday, June 10, 2016 at 11:32pm.
1. The building of the new bridge will go ahead as planned.
2. The building of the new bridge will go ahead as it is planned.
(Does #1 mean #2? Is 'it is' deleted?)
3. Lee was standing right behind her.
4. Lee was standing just behind her. 1. The building of the new bridge will go ahead as planned.
2. The building of the new bridge will go ahead as it is planned.
(Is 'right' the same as 'just'?)
Thank you for your help. Have a great weekend! •English - Writeacher, Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 7:15am
1 and 2 mean the same thing, yes.
3 and 4 mean the same thing, too.
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1. The building of the new bridge will go ahead as planned.
2. The building of the new bridge will go ahead as it is planned.
2-2. 2. The building of the new bridge will go ahead as it was planned.
(Thank you for your help. Does #1 mean #2 or #2-2? In # 2-2, the past tense is used)
You can use past tense in the third sentence if you wish, but it's not necessary.
1, 2, 3, 4. Yes
"Was" better than "is," because planning was done previously.
In the given examples:
1. The building of the new bridge will go ahead as planned.
2. The building of the new bridge will go ahead as it is planned.
Both sentences have the same meaning. In sentence #2, the pronoun "it" refers to the building of the new bridge and "is" is the present tense verb that shows that the plan is still in effect.
However, sentence #2-2, which is "The building of the new bridge will go ahead as it was planned," uses the past tense verb "was" instead of the present tense verb "is". This suggests that the plan was made in the past and may not be current.
So, in this case, sentence #1 means the same as sentence #2, not sentence #2-2.