Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

two "after" in a row

English answer:

14 days after...

Added to glossary by Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
Oct 1, 2008 15:22
15 yrs ago
English term

two "after" in a row

English Other Internet, e-Commerce
Two "after" in a row, please help rephrase!
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After 14 days after the order status is set to "received" the money will be transferred from the site's PayPal account to the seller's PayPal account.
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Oct 12, 2008 13:56: Diana Donzelli-Gaudet Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): Sabine Akabayov, PhD, veratek

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Responses

+9
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14 days after...

I would simply start my sentence like this "14 days after..." cancelling the first After...
Peer comment(s):

agree David Moore (X)
18 mins
Thanks, David!
agree Max Nuijens
24 mins
Thanks, Max!
agree jccantrell : In this case, spell out 'fourteen' because it is bad form in English to start a sentence with a number (imo).
40 mins
Thanks very much, jccantrell!
agree Ken Cox : With jcc, or use 'two weeks' (unless 14 business days is meant). Formally speaking, 'after 14 days after' could be interpreted to mean 'at some undefined date after 14 days have passed'.
51 mins
Thanks very much, Ken!
agree Ioanna Daskalopoulou
5 hrs
Thanks, Ioanna!
agree Egil Presttun
7 hrs
Thanks, Egil!
agree Lietta Warren-Granato
12 hrs
Thanks, Lietta!
agree Sabine Akabayov, PhD
1 day 9 hrs
Thanks, sibsab!
agree veratek
2 days 45 mins
Thanks, vera!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much!"
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