Can I use 'arrange' if I want to remind my tutor about a meeting and reschedule it?

[mrwroc]

Is my sentence below correct if I call a tutor to reschedule a lesson?

Hi, I arranged a meeting with you at 17:00 but I would like to reschedule it.

 

[emsr2d2]

1. Don't call it a meeting. It's a lesson, as you said in your opening sentence.
2. Be careful about ambiguity. "I arranged a meeting with you at 17:00" can be taken to mean "When it was 17:00, I arranged a meeting with you [at an unspecified time in the future].

Be clear and say exactly what you mean.

Hi [name of tutor]. Is it possible to reschedule today's 5pm lesson as I am now unable to attend? Thanks.

 

[mrwroc]

Thank you, I will use your sentence but I am curious about usage of 'arrange'. Can I use 'arrange a lesson' in the context below:

Hi, my name is x. I arranged a lesson with you at 10.

Now I know it is ambiguous but is it correct?

 

[GoesStation]

Thank you, I will use your sentence but I am curious about the usage of 'arrange'. Can I use 'arrange a lesson' in the context below? (Interrogative sentences must end with a question mark.)

Hi, my name is x. I arranged a lesson with you at [STRIKE]10[/STRIKE] ten/10:00 ("10:00" is more natural).

Now I know it is ambiguous but is it correct?

That's difficult to answer. As written, I'd interpret "10:00" as the time when you made the arrangement. It's grammatically correct but ambiguous. Can you see a way to rearrange the words to fix this?

 

[Yankee]

Yes.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

. . . Now I know it is ambiguous, but is it correct?

No. If it's ambiguous, it's not correct.

Don't say you arranged it at 17:00. Say you arranged it for 17:00.

You can also say you planned or scheduled it for 17:00 — but not at 17:00. At tells us when you scheduled it, not when you scheduled it for.

 

[tedmc]

I would say "fixed a lesson" rather than "arrange a lesson". "Arrange" means there is more to it than the time.

Or "our lesson is fixed at 10.00" (and you want to postpone it).

 

[GoesStation]

I would say "fixed a lesson" rather than "arrange a lesson". "Arrange" means there is more to it than the time.

Or "our lesson is fixed at 10.00" (and you want to postpone it).

That's not natural or understandable in American English.

 

[tedmc]

How about "fixed the date of the lesson"?

 

[GoesStation]

How about "fixed the date of the lesson"?

It might be possible, but "set the date" is much more natural.

 

[Rover_KE]

The thread is about the time of the lesson - not the date.