According to the international investment memorandum recently signed in Geneva, France is one of the 4 European nations planning to provide fewer tax incentives for foreign investment in production of heavy industrial machinery.
a. planning to provide fewer
b. planning to provide less
c. planning on providing fewer
d. which is planning on providing fewer
e. that is planning to provide less
The above question is correct as is but while explaining why the option C is incorrect they have said that the idiom "to plan on" is wrong. I am posting another question below this where "to plan on" is right. Can you please let me know the difference?
According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas.
(A) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice
(B) minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing
(C) minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing
(D) it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice
(E) it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice
here the answer is C.
I have gone through the detailed explanation of the latter. I just want to understand whether "to plan on" and "to plan to" are both acceptable idioms depending on the context?
Regards,
Lakshmi