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Which phrase do you use often?
"postpone" or "put off".
Which phrase do you use often?
"postpone" or "put off".
"postpone" or "put off".
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I usually use "put off" when procrastinating/when something is postponed on purpose knowing something bad will happen. "Put off" is a more common phrase in daily life.
Ex: "I put off doing my homework to play games"
Postpone is more formal than "put off"
Ex: "The test was postponed until next week because of the storm"
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Usually I would say "postpone" but "put off" is also correct, it also depends on the situation!
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Maybe if someone asked if you did something like homework and you didn't (hehe) then you can say "I often put off doing my homework"
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I usually use "put off" when procrastinating/when something is postponed on purpose knowing something bad will happen. "Put off" is a more common phrase in daily life.
Ex: "I put off doing my homework to play games"
Postpone is more formal than "put off"
Ex: "The test was postponed until next week because of the storm"
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