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Is 'starting from' needed?

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tanguatlay
 
Reply Sun 12 Dec, 2010 09:39 pm
The former vice-president of McDonald's Hong Kong takes over from Alex Yeo, who will join McDonald's China as the new president of its restaurant solutions group.

Both will assume their new posts starting from today.

Are the words in bold' needed in the sentence?

Thanks in advance.
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roger
 
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Reply Sun 12 Dec, 2010 09:41 pm
@tanguatlay,
Both will assume their new posts starting today.

Keep 'starting' and delete 'from'.
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engineer
 
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Reply Sun 12 Dec, 2010 09:41 pm
@tanguatlay,
No. "Both will assume their new posts today" is fine. If in the future, "both will assume their new posts on (or starting) December 25th."
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laughoutlood
 
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Reply Sun 12 Dec, 2010 09:52 pm
@tanguatlay,
no

they are redundant

tell me all about the solutions in the restaurant
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