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Andy Pattrick Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is 'starts from...' correct?

Counting of votes for the By-Election starts from 8pm onwards at two locations.

Is 'starts from' correctly used in the above sentence?

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Hi, Counting of votes for the By-Election starts from 8pm onwards at two locations. Is 'starts from' correctly used in the above sentence? No.

— Clive

  • Hi, Counting of votes for the By-Election starts from 8pm onwards at two locations.
  • Is 'starts from' correctly used in the above sentence?
  • No.
  • Say eg Counting of votes for the By-Election starts at 8pm, at two locations.
  • eg Counting of votes for the By-Election is from 8pm onwards, at two locations.
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Hi,

Counting of votes for the By-Election starts from 8pm onwards at two locations.

Is 'starts from' correctly used in the above sentence?

No. Say
eg Counting of votes for the By-Election starts at 8pm, at two locations.
eg Counting of votes for the By-Election is from 8pm onwards, at two locations.
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Welcome to English Forums, Andy. Do not put advertising links in your posts, please.

'Starts from' is an odd concept; I suggest something much simpler:

Counting of votes for the by-election starts at 8 pm at two locations.
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is preposition "AT" used every time we mention time?
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Hi,

No. You can mention time in lots of different ways.
eg I work from 8 am until 4 pm.
eg Two am is very early.

Clive
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