Tricky sentence clarification

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Greetings,I am seeking for your guidance in the understanding of following sentence;"statement must be dated no earlier than 31 days before the date of application".If my statement date is 1st May, should i be applying anyday before or after 1st June?Appreciate your time and effort, thank you in advance.Gavin

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Anonymous"statement must be dated no earlier than 31 days before the date of application".

That wins the Olympic gold medal in the court of obfuscated text.

CalifJim · Answer

Anonymousstatement must be dated

One date.

Anonymousthe date of application

Another date.

So we have the date of the statement ( S ) and the date of the application ( A ).

It says that S can't be more than 31 days before A, so S has to be 31 days before A or later (30, 29, 28, ... days before A, the same as A, 1 day after A, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... days after A).

It looks like if your statement date ( S ) is May 1 you need to apply at any time before June 2. If you apply on June 2, S will be 32 days before A, and that's not allowed.

But don't quote me on this. It's hard to say whether they really meant what they wrote. For that matter, it's hard to say whether they knew what they wrote.

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

Thanks CJ!!!

Would appreciate it if i could get more perspectives from other language masters here?

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