Doubt about sentence´s meaning
I used the sentence: It´s better you re-schedule to the next weekend.
Main idea: I meant that day wouldn´t be good for me, and would be better choose another day.
This sentence has the same meaning? "You'd better put it off to the next weekend."
If it does, why?
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we would normally say "You'd better reschedule FOR next weekend" - or maybe "to next weekend". "to the next weekend" sounds slightly off, but may not be wrong grammatically...
"put it off (until <time>) " means "postpone" - slightly different meaning.
reschedule is because the current scheduled time is not convenient.
put it off implies you need more time or don't want to do it yet.
slightly different connotations
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The idea is the same, in both cases you 'd better have this thing (meeting, date ...etc) postponed to next week, because as you say it isn't convenient for you to make it that on that previously arranged day. It is about changing the day in both cases.
There is however a difference in expressing it .
When using 'reschedule' you are asking the other to make changes to their schedule to include this event on another day ,the term emphasizes the adjustment done .
When you use ' put off' on the other hand, you are emphasizing the act of holding back to a later time ,that might be more suitable for you.
Remember ,that it is perfectly alright to use both though and they will convey the same meaning in general!
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re-schedule means.............to schedule again........to rearrange.
put off means......................make a delay.
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