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0915reg Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Usage of "effective"?

Hi friends:

I saw a sentence as below --
"The Online Privacy Protection Act, effective July 1, 2000, applies to the online collection of personal information from people under 18."

I'm confused by the usage of the word effective; it looks like a preposition is missing!
Am i right??

And I consider that the correct usage should be either "effective from July 1, 2000" or "effective on July 1, 2000".

Please advise, thank you!
  

Top answer

Hi. 0915reg And I consider that the correct usage should be "effective from July 1, 2000" So do I. No, "On" doesn't sound good because the law is valid from July 1.

— Fandorin

  • Hi.
  • 0915reg And I consider that the correct usage should be "effective from July 1, 2000" So do I.
  • No, "On" doesn't sound good because the law is valid from July 1.
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Hi.
0915regAnd I consider that the correct usage should be "effective from July 1, 2000"
So do I. No, "On" doesn't sound good because the law is valid from July 1.
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Hi, Fandorin:

Do you think if it's possible that "effective July 1, 2000" is an omission?

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0915regI'm confused by the usage of the word effective; it looks like a preposition is missing!
A date without a preposition before it is very common after effective in this context. It represents a sort of legalistic style.

CJ
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Yes, I do. But as Jim explained it's possible. Since I'm not accustomed to legal texts I go along with Jim.
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It means the law was implemented on July 1, 2000. It's basically a shortening of which came into effect on July 1, 2000 or which will come into effect on July 1, 2000.

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"Achievement came to be effective" Is it correct group of words ,may be put in a full sentence?
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