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Vincent Ding Posted 21 years ago
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"in/upon" the occurence of....
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00 "in/upon the occurence of acts of defaul of Party A, Party B is at liberty to cancel the contract." 02 br
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00 In my opinion, here "in" and "upon" both can fit grammatically, but employment of "in" here is kind of general as compared to that of "upon" which implies that the thing mentioned in the following main clause shall come immediately after the occurence of the so called acts of default. 02 br
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00 could someone kindly confirm my assemption or correct me if i'm wrong? tks in advance. 0-
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00 "in/upon the occurence of acts of defaul of Party A, Party B is at liberty to cancel the contract." 02 br
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00 In my opinion, here "in" and "upon" both can fit grammatically, but employment of "in" here is kind of general as compared to that of "upon" which implies that the thing mentioned in the following main clause shall come immediately after the occurence of the so called acts of default. 02 br
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00 could someone kindly confirm my assemption or correct me if i'm wrong? tks in advance. 0-
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0 Hello, 02 br 01 00 in/upon the occurence of acts of default of Party A, Party B is at liberty to cancel the contract. 02 br 02 br 00 I 'd say 'in' is not correct at all here. Perhaps you are thinking of the phrase 'In the event of'?
- 0 Hello, 02 br 01 00 in/upon the occurence of acts of default of Party A, Party B is at liberty to cancel the contract.
- 02 br 02 br 00 I 'd say 'in' is not correct at all here.
- Perhaps you are thinking of the phrase 'In the event of'?
- 02 br 00 Instead, I'd say the alternative to 'upon' would be 'on'.
- 02 br 02 br 01 00 "upon" implies that the thing mentioned in the following main clause shall come immediately after the occurence of the so called acts of default.
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0 Hello, 02 br
01 00 in/upon the occurence of acts of default of Party A, Party B is at liberty to cancel the contract. 02 br
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00 I 'd say 'in' is not correct at all here. Perhaps you are thinking of the phrase 'In the event of'? 02 br
00 Instead, I'd say the alternative to 'upon' would be 'on'. 02 br
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00 I 'd say 'in' is not correct at all here. Perhaps you are thinking of the phrase 'In the event of'? 02 br
00 Instead, I'd say the alternative to 'upon' would be 'on'. 02 br
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0 Hi, Clive. tks a lot for ur comments. 02 br
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00 Indeed u've been so helpful to me though I'm not really handling commercial deals. But anyway what i do has a big concern with these staff. Hopfully i can better know what i'm doing soon 05 0 02 br
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00 Best wishes and good night 05 1 00 (but i have to go for lunch now) 02 br
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00 Indeed u've been so helpful to me though I'm not really handling commercial deals. But anyway what i do has a big concern with these staff. Hopfully i can better know what i'm doing soon 05 0 02 br
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00 Best wishes and good night 05 1 00 (but i have to go for lunch now) 02 br
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0 I agree with Clive's assessment-- 'upon' is the appropriate legalese here. 02 br
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00 In future, you might wish to pose such questions over legal terminology in our Legal English Forum, Vincent. 0-
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00 In future, you might wish to pose such questions over legal terminology in our Legal English Forum, Vincent. 0-
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