So I told my colleague this morning. "Can you please stop committing me to projects on my behalf? I have too much on my plate."
What I meant to say was: "Can you stop signing me up for projects without checking in with me first, I have too much on my plate?"
But I feel like I have heard a native English speaker use the word "commit" in a similar sentence & context before. Can someone correct that sentence for me?
Thank you.
Sounds perfectly good business-office English to me. We often talk about being committed to projects where I work. There is even a standard joke about the difference between "committed" and "involved".
"Consider your standard English breakfast of bacon and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed."
Yes I know that's not what you asked. It was merely an illustration of how much this concept of "committed" is everyday language -- at least, it is in software engineering companies in England itself.
