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Jaakov
Feb 6, 2012, 2:18:37 PM2/6/12
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Dear all:
What is the difference between a mid-term vision, a middle-term vision,
and a medium-term vision? And between a mid-term goal, a middle-term
goal, and a medium-term goal? And between a mid-term plan, a middle-term
plan, and a medium-term plan?
Thank you in advance,
Jaakov.
What is the difference between a mid-term vision, a middle-term vision,
and a medium-term vision? And between a mid-term goal, a middle-term
goal, and a medium-term goal? And between a mid-term plan, a middle-term
plan, and a medium-term plan?
Thank you in advance,
Jaakov.
tony cooper
Feb 6, 2012, 3:10:38 PM2/6/12
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and the term is not provided, and the objectives are not even hinted
at, it's almost impossible to guess at the meaning.
"xxx-term vision", and "xxx-term" goal", are not phrases that suggest
some standard way of looking at things.
We do use "long-term goals" and "short-term goals" as a way of stating
what we want to do by sometime in the future and what we want to do
immediately.
--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
Daniel James
Feb 7, 2012, 5:54:23 AM2/7/12
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In article <05ab011b6806eb18...@tioat.net>, Jaakov wrote:
> What is the difference between a mid-term vision, a middle-term
vision,
> and a medium-term vision?
Without context it's hard to say ... and I can't imagine contexts in
> What is the difference between a mid-term vision, a middle-term
vision,
> and a medium-term vision?
which all of these would be idiomatic.
Generally "mid-term" and "middle-term" suggest the same meaning, but
"middle-term" is not idiomatic. I might expect to hear "mid-term" or
"middle of (the) term" used to mean something that happens in the middle
of some (previously defined or contextually obvious) time period.
"Medium-term" is used to indicate the length of a period of time that is
neither particularly short nor particularly long -- as in "In the short
term we need to fix three serious bugs and release a new version, but in
the medium term we want to add new features to the product".
I don't really see how any of these usages fit in with "vision", but
perhaps context would make that clear.
> And between a mid-term goal, a middle-term goal, and a medium-term
> goal?
middle of some time period, a medium-term goal is something that should
be achieved after some time that is neither particularly short nor
particularly long. I would understand "middle-term goal" to mean the
same as "mid-term goal", but it does not seem idiomatic (without some
context).
> And between a mid-term plan, a middle-term plan, and a medium-term
> plan?
goal". "Middle-term plan" just sounds wrong.
Cheers,
Daniel.
Jaakov
Feb 7, 2012, 7:05:31 AM2/7/12
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proposal. For example:
Advances in changing the frog culture are hard to achieve. My
medium-term plan/vision/goal is to increase in the cultural awareness of
frogs by protective and educational measures through lightweight
machinery imposing extremely light pressure in the interval [pi, 10] kg/cm2.
Jaakov.
GFH
Feb 7, 2012, 8:08:13 AM2/7/12
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On Feb 6, 2:18 pm, Jaakov <jaa...@Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid>
wrote:
mid-term -- in the middle of a term.
middle term -- the term between the first and third term. (God forbid
that there is
a fourth term. Within a few years of FDR's death the USA added a
constitutional
amendment to eliminate any possibility of even three terms.)
medium term -- I have never used "medium term".
GFH
wrote:
> Dear all:
>
> What is the difference between a mid-term vision, a middle-term vision,
> and a medium-term vision? And between a mid-term goal, a middle-term
> goal, and a medium-term goal? And between a mid-term plan, a middle-term
> plan, and a medium-term plan?
How I would use them.
>
> What is the difference between a mid-term vision, a middle-term vision,
> and a medium-term vision? And between a mid-term goal, a middle-term
> goal, and a medium-term goal? And between a mid-term plan, a middle-term
> plan, and a medium-term plan?
mid-term -- in the middle of a term.
middle term -- the term between the first and third term. (God forbid
that there is
a fourth term. Within a few years of FDR's death the USA added a
constitutional
amendment to eliminate any possibility of even three terms.)
medium term -- I have never used "medium term".
GFH
ala
Feb 7, 2012, 9:43:59 PM2/7/12
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"Jaakov" <jaa...@Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid> wrote in message
news:ae0a04169407e01f...@tioat.net...
> Thank you so much for the clarification! The context is a research
> proposal. For example:
>
> Advances in changing the frog culture are hard to achieve. My medium-term
> plan/vision/goal is to increase in the cultural awareness of frogs by
> protective and educational measures through lightweight machinery imposing
> extremely light pressure in the interval [pi, 10] kg/cm2.
>
hasn't all this applique process been automated now for a long time.
> proposal. For example:
>
> Advances in changing the frog culture are hard to achieve. My medium-term
> plan/vision/goal is to increase in the cultural awareness of frogs by
> protective and educational measures through lightweight machinery imposing
> extremely light pressure in the interval [pi, 10] kg/cm2.
>
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E7r664fnm7c/SMYB0H5912I/AAAAAAAAAho/LuPLBVbXjiA/s400/frog.jpg
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