Ask for a change to a deadline and discuss a practical alternative.
The idea
Explain why the current date is difficult, propose a specific new date and its benefit, and offer a staged delivery if necessary. Confirm the agreed dates.
Examples
- The current deadline leaves too little time for testing.
- Could we move the delivery date to next Thursday?
- The extra two days would let us check the data properly.
- If Thursday is too late, we could send a draft on Tuesday.
- The final version would follow after the remaining checks.
- Can we confirm the new dates and who will approve the draft?
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Do not promise a new date without checking that the remaining work can be completed by then.
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Could we ___ the deadline to Monday? (extend / extends)
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extend
extend follows could we and asks for more time.
We can send a draft first and the final version ___. (later / earlier)
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later
later places the final version after the draft.
The extra time will allow us to ___ the figures. (check / checks)
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check
check follows to and describes what the additional time enables.
Practice round
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Could we ___ the deadline to Monday? (extend / extends)
We can send a draft first and the final version ___. (later / earlier)
The extra time will allow us to ___ the figures. (check / checks)
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Ask for two more days to complete a report and offer an earlier draft.