going forward

[jimmy04]

Hi everyone
I really don't know exactly what "going forward" means.
Kindly help me to explain that (Am I better when using kindly instead of Please for more polite)
Thank you

 

[5jj]

Welcome to the forum, Jimmy. :hi:

'going forward' can convery several ideas. Can you give us a sentence in which you do not understand the meaning of the words?

'Please' is the appropriate word to use in a polite request; 'kindly' is not

 

[jimmy04]

Really thanks for your reply
1. For your information, I face that when we discuss in work, and a colleague told us that something "going forward" (sorry I did not exactly what she wrote)
2. Please show me some examples/situations that we use "going forward"
3. About using please, I heard that word sounds heavy, please show me which cases we use "kindly"

 

[Rover_KE]

3. About using please, I heard that word sounds heavy, please show me which cases we use "kindly"

'Please' is perfect; there's nothing heavy about it. If anything 'kindly' is the 'heavier' word.

Not everybody agrees with 5jj about kindly. I use it myself sometimes as an alternative to please.

Click here to read more about the word and find examples of its many uses.

Rover

 

[5jj]

Not everybody agrees with 5jj about kindly. I use it myself sometimes as an alternative to please.

My personal feeling about the use of the word is summed up in this Macmillan note:

Formal - used for asking someone to do something, especially when you are trying to hide the fact that you are annoyed.

kindly - definition. American English definition of kindly by Macmillan Dictionary

 

[jimmy04]

Thanks Rover, 5jj for this dicussion
From both I think that I should not use "kindly frequently as I did.
And what about "going forward", pla help to show me how to use it. I made me so crazy when I could not find anything about it in Longman dictionary.
Much appreciate your ideas.

 

[Rover_KE]

'Going forward' usually means 'making progress.'

 

[Barb_D]

It can also mean starting immediately and in the future.
Going forward, we'll have a meeting with the entire project team every Wednesday morning and every Friday afternoon.
Going forward, please check with me before making any purchases over $200

 

[Raymott]

It's also a notorious buzz-phrase that our PM has been panned for.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/a-never-ending-linguistic-turn-for-the-worse/story-e6frg6zo-1225889983781



"I once had a sub-editor who warned me that if I used “going forward” or “moving forward” in a quote, or, even worse, my own copy, I would be shot and buried at the bottom of the The Age’s Spencer Street building"

http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/go-forward-move-ahead-try-to-reshape-it-its-not-too-late/
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[BobK]

:up: It's horrid. I first heard it used by Carly Fiorina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (The fact that she was CEO when I was kicked out of HP may have affected my feelings about her. )

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[jimmy04]

sorry for you BobK but good for us because now we have one more teacher.

 

[Raymott]

sorry for you BobK but good for us because now we have one more teacher.

It's always good to have an extra teacher going forward. ;-)