Become effective seven business days after

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HiI am reading an agreement and just wanted to make sure that "seven business days after" here " Mailed notifications  shall become effective seven business days after they are posted." means "on the seventh business day counting from the next business day after (the day) notifications are posted". I am right?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

May 1 (Friday)-- posted
May 2 - holiday

May 3 - holiday
May 4
May 5
May 6
May 7
May 8
May 9 - holiday
May 10 - holiday
May 11
May 12 (Tuesday) - notification effective
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Andrey_g · Answer

awesome, thanks

Clive · Answer

Hi,

A small additional comment concerning

Mailed notifications shall become effective seven business days after they are posted."

How is the reader supposed to know when something was posted? Generally speaking, 'posted' means 'placed in the mailbox'. The postmark on the envelope could well be the next day, if something were placed in the mailbox late in the day. Furthermore, in many businesses, the letter is opened and the envelope is immediately discarded, so the postmark would not be available to the reader.

So, I find the sample sentence above very unusual. Much, much more common would be

Mailed notifications shall become effective seven business days after the date shown

(ie the date at the top of the letter, the date written).

Best wishes, Clive

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