'Progress of' vs 'progress towards' vs 'progress on'

[duc]

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Would you please look the word ''progress'' up? You will see the usage of ''progress'' as a noun with many following phrases :''progress towards'' ,''progress on'' ,''progress of''.
There are also many contexts for each example. But I don't understand very clearly their meanings apart from each other.
Please explain it for me
Many thanks.
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[Alan]

Hi Duc,

'Progress towards' suggests you are going towards some kind of betterment or towards some kind of development as in: Although the government promised they would reform the tax system, they don't seemed to have made much progress towards it.
'Progress on' is often a report on how things are developing in a particular scheme or project as in: Let me tell you what's happening with the new education project and I am pleased to show you the report outlining the considerable progress made on it.
'Progress of' relates to the development particularly belonging to something or someone as in: The progress of Harry (Harry's progress) through his school career has been hampered by his frequent absences caused by poor health,

Alan
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[duc]

I find the usage of ''progress towards'' is a little like that of ''progress on''. Is this true that in a some context these 2 phrases are interchangeable ?

[Alan]

Hi,

I think 'progress towards' indicates that you are getting there and is therefore more postive. 'Progress on' is more factual and as I said often is linked with words like 'report' 'update' .

Alan
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