bring forward an event by/for one week (2025)

pabala said:

Is "bring forward an event for one week" valid too?

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No, it isn't.

And how about?:
Bring an event one week forward.

Is this also possible and acceptable?

heybach said:

Is this also possible and acceptable?

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You need to give a full sentence.

PaulQ said:

You need to give a full sentence.

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Would you mind bringing our next class one week forward?

pabala said:

I know "bring forward an event by one week" is valid.

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I didn't know that. Do you mean "postpone"?

heybach said:

Would you mind bringing our next class one week forward?

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That doesn't work, unfortunately.

Carolinian said:

I didn't know that. Do you mean "postpone"?

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It's a year since the OP last visited the forum, Carolinian, so I don't think you'll get a direct reply.

Just to confirm though: bring something forward by one week doesn't mean "postpone" - it means the opposite. If an event scheduled for 30 January is brought forward by one week, it takes place on 23 January.

I take it the expression doesn't exist in AmE?

Loob said:

Just to confirm though: bring something forward by one week doesn't mean "postpone" - it means the opposite. If an event scheduled for 30 January is brought forward by one week, it takes place on 23 January.

I take it the expression doesn't exist in AmE?

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The idea of moving things backward and forward with regard to calendar is confusing for many people. Postponing moves something forward in time but seemingly backward on the calendar. "Moving something up" can also be misunderstood. For that reason, some of us tend to use other ways to say it or specify the date at the same time ("move it forward from the 30th to the 23rd" rather than "move it forward one week").

Loob said:

It's a year since the OP last visited the forum, Carolinian, so I don't think you'll get a direct reply.

Just to confirm though: bring something forward by one week doesn't mean "postpone" - it means the opposite. If an event scheduled for 30 January is brought forward by one week, it takes place on 23 January.

I take it the expression doesn't exist in AmE?

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It's not an expression that's familiar to me, but I vaguely remember a discussion about it on UE.

heybach said:

Would you mind bringing our next class one week forward?

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Thanks. The word order is wrong:
Would you mind bringing our next class forward [by] one week?

One week is an adverbial objective: a noun phrase used adverbially.

PaulQ said:

Would you mind bringing our next class forward [by] one week?

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Thank you!!

Loob said:

Yes, I can see that could be an issue with "move forward"/"move back". But with "bring forward"/"put back"?

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I'm interested too

Loob said:

Yes, I can see that could be an issue with "move forward"/"move back". But with "bring forward"/"put back"?

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"Bring" is sort of directional but I'm not sure which direction it is (toward me? toward the speaker? which way in on the calender is closer to a person?), so that doesn't help. "Put" isn't directional at all so that doesn't help.