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We are behind/ahead of schedule: These terms are used when there is an actual schedule to follow, probably in business or education. 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BehindSchedule Threadstarter Antonio Startdate Oct22,2004 A Antonio SeniorMember Monterrey Mexico/Spanish HiGroup, Whatdoesitmean"We'rebehindschedule"and"Iamaheadschedule"?   J jacinta SeniorMember California USAEnglish Antoniosaid: HiGroup, Whatdoesitmean"We'rebehindschedule"and"Iamaheadschedule"? Clicktoexpand... Wearebehind/aheadofschedule: Thesetermsareusedwhenthereisanactualscheduletofollow,probablyinbusinessoreducation.Ifyouarebehindschedule,youhavenotcoveredmaterialorfinishedaprojectontime.AconstructioncrewthatisbuildinganewstorewasscheduledtofinishinNovember.TheyfinishedaheadofscheduleandthestoreopenedinOctober. Behindschedule:Thisisexactlytheopposite.TheconstructioncrewwasscheduledtofinishinNovemberbuttheyarebehindscheduleandnowthestorewon'topenuntilJanuary.Behindschedulemeansbeinglateinfinishingaprojectorinaschool,ateacherisnotcoveringthematerials/hewantedtocoverbytheendofOctober.Theclassisbehindschedule.   A Antonio SeniorMember Monterrey Mexico/Spanish Butforexampleinthemovie"Collateral"VincentsaidtotheTaxidriver."We'rebehindschedule,doyoulikeJazz?I'dbuyyouadrink"Whathewantedtosayinthiscontext,killtimeorwhat?   J jacinta SeniorMember California USAEnglish IrememberthatscenebutIdon'trememberthedialog.Doyourememberwhathappensinthejazzclub?IdoandVincentwaslateingettingontohisnext"kill".Theymusthavewastedtimebeforethejazzclub.Here,you'vemadeajoke,aplayonwords!!!Hedidn'twanttokilltime,hewantedtokillhisnextvictim.Hehadtokeeponschedule.Remember,theydidn'tgototheclubforfunandrelaxation.   B BorkaSiamese NewMember Belarusian,Belarus HiDears! Couldanybodytellmewhatprepositionweshoulduseafter"behindschedule"inthenextsentence? Thesentenceis:"Iam1daybehindscheduleON\WITH\etcthisprojectsinceIwasill". Iamindoubtaboutusing"ON","WITH"oranythingelse... Thanks! -Borka   G GiorgioSpizzi SeniorMember Italian HolaAntonito It'sallverywelltotrytounderstandthemeaningsofthenewwordsandexpressionsweencounter,butthereare"basics"thatshouldn'tbeignored-andthatsomeoneoughttopointouttonon-nativeEnglishspeakerslikeyouandme:"Whatdo...and...mean?".Thisisaverybasicstructure,andoneusLatinosoftenmistake. Nooffencemeant,Ihope. Saludos. GS   L londoncalling SeniorMember Salerno,Italy UKEnglish BorkaSiamesesaid: Thesentenceis:"Iam1daybehindscheduleON\WITH\etcthisprojectsinceIwasill". Clicktoexpand... Iamone(1)daybehindscheduleontheprojectbecauseIwasoffsick/ill. PS.Giorgio,Antonio'spostdatesbackto2004.   B BorkaSiamese NewMember Belarusian,Belarus londoncallingsaid: Iamone(1)daybehindscheduleontheprojectbecauseIwasoffsick/ill. Clicktoexpand... Thanks,London!) Iseeyoureplaced"since"with"because".Doesthatmeanwecannotuse"since"inthiscontext?Bytheway,IwastryingtosoundmoreAmerican,Iknowtheylikethisword("since").)) Thanksagain!   Lastedited:Jun26,2013 L londoncalling SeniorMember Salerno,Italy UKEnglish Sorry,Borka,Iwan'tmeaningtocorrectyou,it'sjustpersonalpreference.   G GiorgioSpizzi SeniorMember Italian Gee,Lon,you'redamnright.WhenwillIeverlookatthedates?! GS   B BorkaSiamese NewMember Belarusian,Belarus londoncallingsaid: Sorry,Borka,Iwan'tmeaningtocorrectyou,it'sjustpersonalpreference. Clicktoexpand... Isee.Thankyouforyourhelp!Goodluck! -Borka   SparkyMalarky Moderator Indiana English-US BorkaSiamesesaid: Thanks,London!) Iseeyoureplaced"since"with"because".Doesthatmeanwecannotuse"since"inthiscontext?Bytheway,IwastryingtosoundmoreAmerican,Iknowtheylikethisword("since").)) Thanksagain! Clicktoexpand... Iwouldhavemadethesamechange,because"since"hastwomeanings:(1)becauseand(2)fromthattime IambehindschedulebecauseIwasoutsick.WhyamIbehindschedule?BecauseIwassick. IhavebeenbehindschedulesinceIwasoutsick.HowlonghaveIbeenbehindschedule?FromthetimeIwasoutsick. Bothmeaningsmightbetrue.   B BorkaSiamese NewMember Belarusian,Belarus SparkyMalarkysaid: Iwouldhavemadethesamechange,because"since"hastwomeanings:(1)becauseand(2)fromthattime IambehindschedulebecauseIwasoutsick.WhyamIbehindschedule?BecauseIwassick. IhavebeenbehindschedulesinceIwasoutsick.HowlonghaveIbeenbehindschedule?FromthetimeIwasoutsick. Bothmeaningsmightbetrue. Clicktoexpand... SparkyMalarky, ThankYouforyourcontributiontothisthread! Icompletelyagreewithyou.HereisalittleinformationwhyIchose"since": SometimeIwatchedalecture,thehostwasanAmerican.IrememberhimsaythattoanAmerican"since"soundsmorenaturalthan..."as")WhenIwasmakingupthesentenceindicatedinmyquestion,Iwantedtouse"as"("Iam1daybehindscheduleON\WITH\etcthisprojectasIwasill")andrememberedthe"rule"theAmericanhadsaid.ThatisthereasonIhavechosen"since".Idonotknowwhybut"because"soundssomewhatacademictome... Ifyoulike,Icouldprovideayoutubelinktothatlecture. BTW,itisquiterarewhenIhaveachancetotalktoanativeEnglish-speakingpersoninnon-businesscircumstances.Ifyouhavespottedaseveremistake(s)inmypost,couldyoupleaseindicateit(them)?Iwouldreallyappreciatethat! Anyway,londoncalling,SparkyMalarkythanksforYourhelp,ithasbeenreallyhelpful!!! -Borka   Lastedited:Jun26,2013 Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top