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On future planned: The guy wants to say something like "on currently planned - and futurely planned - game software", but of course that's not the way to do it. So he says "present and future planned".

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... of Response Date Action is Planned Lat(UTM NAD27) Long(UTM NAD27) 1 Jul-04 509581.00
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Locations of Future Planned Facilites at HRNA
... Catalog: Hedrick Reserve Natural Area Dataset: Locations of Future Planned Facilites at HRNA, ... Identifier: Locations of Future Planned Facilites at HRNA.
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Future Planned Events | UofA International PeerLeaders
Future Detailed Events. March 2004. March 4 - 7th, 2004, Snow Trip March 4-7th. Organizer: Alan Angeles ([email protected]). Location: Big White Ski resort. ...
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GAIM: Future Planned Activities
Future Planned Activities. The future of GAIM will be dominated by Earth System Analysis and development of global biogeochemical models.
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María Eugenia, long time no see. How R u?
On future planned: The guy wants to say something like "on currently planned - and futurely planned - game software", but of course that's not the way to do it. So he says "present and future planned".

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So, according to eldira\'s soundings in Google, we have found a new \"buzz-phrase\"

I think that the wording is pretty poor. It is perfectly clear what they mean, but it doesn't sound like it has been written by a professional native-English writer. What they mean is....

"the current game software and that planned for the future."

If they really insist on "future planned", then they should use a hyphen between the two words "future-planned" because it is a two part adjective (think about the difference between a "fast sailing ship" and a "fast-sailing ship". However, as I said above, I do not believe that it is eloquent English usage.

FWIW

Alison


"Hyphenation
If in doubt, follow the Oxford English Dictionary (not Collins) hyphenation rules.

Hyphenate compounds such as up-to-the-minute and out-of-date when used attributively (before a noun). They are used with spaces when used predicatively.
The out-of-date research paper. The research paper is out of date.


Hyphenate compounds used attributively. in-house teams, a 12-year-old pupil


Hyphenate fractions (whether nouns or adjectives). two-thirds, four-fifths, one-sixth


Words with prefixes such as anti-, non-, and neo- are generally to be hyphenated.
non-existent, non-payment, non-violent

Exceptions are: nonaligned, nonconformist, nonplussed, nonstop, neoclassicism, neolithic, neologism


Separate identical letters with a hyphen.
co-operate, co-ordinate, unco-operative, pre-eminent, pre-empt, re-emerge, re-entry
Exceptions include: override, overrule, underrate, withhold


Nouns formed from prepositional verbs need a hyphen.
build-up, call-up, get-together, round-up, set-up, shake-up, knowledge-building


Adverbs do not need to be linked to participles or adjectives by hyphens in simple constructions.
The school was ill equipped for delivering ICT.
The principle is well established.

But if the adverb is one of two words together being used adjectivally, a hyphen may be needed.
All well-established principles should be periodically challenged."