Plan ahead for success.

Meaning: This means that making a plan in advance is necessary to achieve a goal.

Choice of Words: Plan is a verb that means to make a plan for something. Ahead is an adverb that means in advance. For is a preposition that indicates purpose or reason. Success is a noun that refers to the achievement of a goal.

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Make a plan for success in the future.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence. It's like saying, I need to make a plan for how I'm going to study for my test so that I can get a good grade.

Choice of Words: Make means to create or produce something. A is an indefinite article that means one. Plan means to create a set of instructions or actions that you will take in the future. For means with the purpose of achieving something. Success means to achieve something that you have been working towards. In means within or during a period of time. The is a definite article that means a specific one. Future means the time that is to come after the present. When you put them together, "Make a plan for success in the future" means to create a set of instructions or actions that you will take in the future in order to achieve something that you have been working towards.

Think about what you need to do to be successful in the future.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences. It's like saying, I need to think about what I need to do to study for my test so that I can get a good grade.

Choice of Words: Think means to use your mind to consider something. About means concerning or relating to something. What is an interrogative pronoun that means the thing that. You is a personal pronoun that refers to the person or people who are being spoken to. Need means to require something. To is an infinitive marker that indicates the purpose of an action. Do is a verb that means to perform an action. To is an infinitive marker that indicates the purpose of an action. Be is a verb that means to exist. Successful means to achieve something that you have been working towards. In means within or during a period of time. The is a definite article that means a specific one. Future means the time that is to come after the present. When you put them together, "Think about what you need to do to be successful in the future" means to use your mind to consider the things that you need to do in order to achieve something that you have been working towards in the future.

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