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Champunique Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

WITH EFFECT FROM.

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00Please read the following sentence:It is a sentence used in an appointment letter of my friend at the time of joining a company 02br
00''You have been appointed as a section officer in this company WITH EFFECT FROM may 23rd 2005.'' 02br
00It appears to me the sentence is grammmitically correct, but I prefer to use EFFECTIVE FROM in the place of WITH EFFECT FROM. 02br
00Do you agree with me? Please answer with an explation. 0-
  

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0 Hi Champunigue, 02br 02br 00I'm afraid you are not quite right about the use of "EFFECTIVE FROM". 02br 02br 00I'm not a native speaker, but let me try my best to explain to you. 02br 02br 00Effective = with effect from 02br 02br 00If you say "effective from" this could mean 'with effect from from', the word 'from' is 02br 02br 00a repetiton.

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0 Hi Champunigue, 02br
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00I'm afraid you are not quite right about the use of "EFFECTIVE FROM". 02br
02br
00I'm not a native speaker, but let me try my best to explain to you. 02br
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00Effective = with effect from 02br
02br
00If you say "effective from" this could mean 'with effect from from', the word 'from'
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0I had never noticed the phrase before, but googling gives 685,000 pages of 'with effect from' -- many used in an 'effective date' sense in business context. 02br
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00Otherwise, I would agree with Joe in using 'effective May 23rd', the phrasing that I am familiar with. 0-
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0 Hi joeviee 02br
00thanks a lot for your short and clear explation. 0-
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