have a plan to ... / have plan to ...

[Justin_Huang]

New McCormick Woods managers have plan to get more people on the links
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/jan/03/new-mccormick-woods-managers-have-plan-to-get-on/

Mavs have plan to get him up to game speed
http://mavsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/12/lamar-odoms-conditioning-lacking-mavs-ha.html

Hi,
Do you normally say "I have a plan to..." or "I have plan to..."?
Thank you.

[IELTSbuddy]

You can't say "I have plan to". It needs an article.

Those examples you sent are from the media - it's common in headlines such as newspapers to miss out words such as articles for impact.

You wouldn't do that though if you were writing normally or speaking.
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[Justin_Huang]

Thank you.

[Juliusestella]

Hi Justin,

IMHO:

If you do not put an article before the noun it means you are pertaining to many.

like

I have plans to..= Many plans..

If you are pertaning to only one plan you should add an article.

like

I have a plan to ..

In addition, news writers have minimal space to write their news stories and I think that is the reason why they need to omit some words.
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Please correct me if I am wrong ;)

[Mister Micawber]

Actually, AmE speakers normally use 'plans' even when it is just one plan:

Do you have plans for this weekend?
Yes, I have plans to finish painting my house.
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[Juliusestella]

Ah really? I did not know that. Thank you so much Mentor ;)