According to the international investment memorandum recently signed in Geneva, France is one of the 4 European nations planning to provide fewer tax incentives for foreign investment in production of heavy industrial machinery.
A. planning to provide fewer
B. planning to provide less
C. planning on providing fewer
D. which is planning on providing fewer
E. that is planning to provide less
The explanation of answer C says that
(C) This answer choice uses the unidiomatic construction “to plan on.” The appropriate idiom is “to plan to.”
But the Oxford English Dictionary says that "to plan on" is acceptable. The following example is given:
We hadn't planned on going anywhere this evening.
1. Where can I find the correct idioms to use in GMAT?
2. Why do you say the idiom is incorrect if the dictionary says it is correct?
Thanks
EDIT: The Merriam-Webster dictionary uses "to plan on" as well
to have a specified intention —used with on plans on going
EDIT 2: In the "Sentence Correction" strategy book, the idiom "to plan" is not present