Use “time-slots” in a sentence

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My apologies, but I am not available for the whole week of June 26. Could you please give me some time-slots for the following week?

My apologies, but I am not available for the whole week of June 26. Could you please propose some time-slots for the following week?

Could you please tell me which one between the above sentences is correct? Is my usage of the word 'time-slots' correct?

Curious Student · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-20 10:03:42Z

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The way I would most likely use time-slots is as follows:

... Could you tell me which time-slots are available?

answered Jun 20 '17 at 10:03

Curious Student

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I agree (although this answer could be improved if you fleshed it out some more). I might say, “Could you please propose some times for the following week?”, or, “Do you have any time-slots for the following week?” but not “Could you propose some time-slots?” It’s a bit hard to explain why, but that explanation would likely be very helpful for the leaners. – J.R.♦ Jun 20 '17 at 10:28
It seems because of the core sense of verb 'propose', to intend to do something. – kngram Jan 20 '20 at 9:00

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