Making plans · Time and plans
keep things flexible
allow changes
If you keep things flexible, you leave room to change your plans.
This vs that
Let's keep things flexible.
Let's stick to the plan.
Hear it in real life
What time shall we meet?
Let's keep things flexible and text each other tomorrow.
We haven't booked every night because we want to keep things flexible.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
This is the natural spoken way to avoid committing to fixed details.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We should keep the things flexible in case it rains.
Say: We should keep things flexible in case it rains.
The fixed phrase normally has no the before things.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
keep things flexible; keep your schedule flexible
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about making plans.
play it by ear
We haven't booked anything; we'll play it by ear.
have something in mind
Do you have something in mind for dinner?
Making plans words
Time and plans · Making plans: the words around “keep things flexible”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
Let's keep things flexible for now.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
keep things flexible
allow changes
“We haven't booked every night because we want to keep things flexible.”
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