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Reply Wed 12 Dec, 2012 03:06 pm
What’s wrong with this sentence? The construction of the new manufacturing facility will begin one month later from now. A: construction B. of Manufacturing D later from now.
I'm guessing D. How should I correct it? Just "from now'?
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Wed 12 Dec, 2012 03:07 pm
@questionmaker,

yes, "later from now" is not correct...
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Wed 12 Dec, 2012 03:13 pm
@questionmaker,
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Just "from now'?
Yes QM but don't understand A or B, you'll have to elaborate

If you're asking whether the "The" is superfluous, yes it is
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McTag
 
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Reply Wed 12 Dec, 2012 04:33 pm
@questionmaker,
Yes. .......will begin one month from now.
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Joe Nation
 
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Reply Wed 12 Dec, 2012 06:40 pm
@questionmaker,
The construction of the new manufacturing facility will begin one month from now.

Joe(there you go.)Nation
dalehileman
 
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Reply Wed 12 Dec, 2012 06:47 pm
@Joe Nation,
Or even
Construction of the manufacturing facility begins in a month.
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Andrew H
 
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Reply Thu 13 Dec, 2012 12:57 pm
@questionmaker,
I agree with the other posts. The problem with "one month later from now" is that the concept of the event being located in the future is repeated: once with the term "later" and again with the term "from now". So, as others have suggested, I believe a correct formulation would be: The construction of the new manufacturing facility will begin one month from now.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Thu 13 Dec, 2012 01:31 pm
@Andrew H,
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…..."one month later from now"…...being located in the future is repeated…….
That's right QM, we say "redundant"
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JTT
 
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Reply Thu 13 Dec, 2012 08:44 pm
@questionmaker,
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What’s wrong with this sentence? The construction of the new manufacturing facility will begin one month later from now. A: construction B. of Manufacturing D later from now.
I'm guessing D. How should I correct it? Just "from now'?


??The construction of the new manufacturing facility will begin one month later. ??

Even if we use only 'later', it's still an unnatural use.

There's a reason for this, but it eludes me at the present. Let me float this boat. If it has any holes, I'm sure that I'll hear about it.

'later' is used for non-specific mentions relating to a future.

See you later.

Later, Baby.

'later' is not used for specific mentions relating to a first mention future.

X See you ten minutes later. X

See you in 10 minutes/10 minutes from now.

X I'll see her a week later. X

See you a week from now/in a week.

'later' can be used to refer to a future following a future.

We go to Jakarta on Friday and then three weeks later we will arrive in Kabul.




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