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Upon the earlier of
Does "upon the earlier of"
as in
" I will remove the software from my home machine immediately upon the earlier of (a) expiration of the licensed period specified above or (b) the end of my employment by Oxford Brookes University"
mean "when either a or b happens"? In other words does convey logical alternative?
Kamil
as in
" I will remove the software from my home machine immediately upon the earlier of (a) expiration of the licensed period specified above or (b) the end of my employment by Oxford Brookes University"
mean "when either a or b happens"? In other words does convey logical alternative?
Kamil
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[nq:1]Does "upon the earlier of" as in " I will remove the software from my home machine immediately upon the ... my employment by Oxford Brookes University" mean "when either a or b happens"? " One is likely to occur before the other one does.
- [nq:1]Does "upon the earlier of" as in " I will remove the software from my home machine immediately upon the ...
- my employment by Oxford Brookes University" mean "when either a or b happens"?
- " One is likely to occur before the other one does.
- When one has occurred, the software must be removed.
- To me the phrase "convey (a) logical alternative" is too imprecise to be useful, and I would avoid it.
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[nq:1]Does "upon the earlier of" as in " I will remove the software from my home machine immediately upon the ... my employment by Oxford Brookes University" mean "when either a or b happens"? In other words does convey logical alternative?[/nq]
It is indeed a formal (and slightly more precise) way of saying "when either a or b happens." One is likely to occur before the other one does. When o
It is indeed a formal (and slightly more precise) way of saying "when either a or b happens." One is likely to occur before the other one does. When o
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[nq:1]It is indeed a formal (and slightly more precise) way of saying "when either a or b happens." One is likely to occur before the other one does. When one has occurred, the software must be removed.[/nq]
My intuitions did not mislead me ;-)
[nq:1]To me the phrase "convey (a) logical alternative" is too imprecise to
[nq:1]It is indeed a formal (and slightly more precise) way of saying "when either a or b happens." One is likely to occur before the other one does. When one has occurred, the software must be removed.[/nq]
My intuitions did not mislead me ;-)
[nq:1]To me the phrase "convey (a) logical alternative" is too imprecise to
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Commonly phrased in BrE as "I will when happens or when happens, whichever occurs earlier / occurs first."
John Dean
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John Dean
Oxford
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