Are the following two statements written in correct grammar? What do they mean? Can they be written in more easily understandable manner? If yes, how should they be re-written?   The student's pass will be issued no earlier than one month from the course commencement date. This letter will be valid for two months or till the course commencement date as indicated above, whichever is later.
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I am having trouble understanding the following notice on the American Airlines AAdvantage (miles account) :     Note: Mileage credit requests can be submitted no earlier than 15 days   after all travel is completed.   What does it exactly mean? Which of the following statements is the correct interpretation?   I have to wait for 15 days after all my travel is completed before I can request my mileage credit If I want to request my mileage credit, I have to do so within 15 days after my travel is completed Something else   In any case, I wonder, is the original statement grammatically correct?
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I filled out a form early November to get a Swiss visa (applying in Singapore but not Singaporean) with my travel dates as 19.12.2017 to 02.01.2018. The first available appointment was on the 1st of December and I took it. During the time in between, my travel dates changed to one week later (both arrival and departure). Now, my travel itinerary and supporting documents all have different dates from the dates on the form. What do I do?  I can fill out a new form with the right dates without paying any fees but the online ID on that form will be different.   As mentioned in the comments, I haven't got my visa yet - the interview is tomorrow.
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My earliest PhD graduation date is 10 months away. Funding permits me to stay 1–3 months longer, so the final date is still uncertain.  It is never too early to make contacts for possible post-docs. But how long in advance is too early to formally apply to post-doc job openings or funding opportunities? Depending on the bureaucracy, the path from applying to starting can probably be anything from a week up to a year — someone I know is applying with  which had the opening advertised in August, application deadline in October, will have interviews in December/January, and the commencement of work only in September, 13 months after the initial job advertisement. My personal guess is that the long time between interviews and starting is to create a level playing field between those who do and those who don't need to go through a visa application procedure.  If I'm too early in applying for a post-doc, a hosting institution might prefer someone who can start earlier and where the graduation date is more certain. For example, in my case the graduation date is still uncertain, so there is a risk in accepting even if they are willing to wait. Project funding might also require the money to be spent rather soon.  If I wait too long, there might be a considerable period where I'm between jobs. Having a long (>6 months) period between jobs is a disadvantage for me. Maybe it's also a disadvantage for a hosting institution (I'm not sure).  How do I find the balance? For example, considering the duration of funding and visa applications, does it make sense to apply e.g. ? Or is it in any case virtually inevitable to have at least several months before my PhD graduation and the start of a post-doc?
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I am applying for a UK visa. Can I show 5 months worth of bank statements for the UK visa, or is 6 months a requirement, as its not mentioned on their website?  There are no appointment dates showing in April. Is there any time limit in which we have to book an appointment after paying the fee?
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The F student visa allows me to enter the US up to 30 days before the program starts. For starting to set up things it is of my interest to arrive sooner than that. How hard is it to travel there beforehand with a tourist visa (waiver) and leave to, say Mexico, to then re enter on a proper date within the 30 days with the student visa? This seems easier than requesting for a status change inside the US from tourist to student..
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I have this question that my brain cannot understand because for me it seems to be very illogical. Please, try to explain this to me. It is both english problem but also my native language problem.  For example: If I bought something two days ago. (e.g. Monday, so today is Wednesday) I can't say during Wednesday that I haven't bought anything for 2 days.  Because I skiped just one day and I can still buy something today no? So I would say which makes more logic to me: I haven't bought anything for 1 day.  Same as if I was at the club on Monday now is Wednesday, I would say I haven't been to that club for 1 day. Since today I can still go there. However, i saw more people using it the other way. Which in my opinion is illogical.  They say: I haven't bought anything for 2 days OR I haven't been to that club for 2 days meaning the last time they were there was two days ago. However how logical is it? Imagine you come to that club on Wednesday if you were there on Monday and say to the same barman you saw there on Monday that you haven't been here for 2 days and he would look like: what? are you stupid? You weren't here just one day.  Like as the first question, I haven't purchased anything for 2 days is valid only if you last purchased something on monday and today is thursday, in my opinion, because we should not count monday since you already bought something.  Does anybody get my point? Thanks for answers and your help.
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What is the correct way of saying this:        I have completed three years of a six years course.   I have completed three years of a six-years course?      And also, should it be 'six year' or 'six years' here?
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A student has written:     Still, I have already been aware of most of the information even    before watching the video.   It doesn't feel right and I would normally use a past simple here. I'm on my two hundredth script and losing my ability to reason, or to adequately explain to myself why it should be past simple (I think it's 'before' as this puts the time as completed, so he can't use the present perfect notion of unfinished time). What I need to know is:   Should it be simple past of present perfect here, or doesn't it matter?  Why/why not?   All help gratefully received.
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I was told that another alternative for 'a few minutes ago' is 'a short while ago'.  Let's say I am a student of a 20- minute English phone class and my teacher asks me questions which I answer during the first 10 minutes of our class.  On the second 10 minutes she corrects my sentences.  She says, "A while ago you answered, 'I go to work yesterday'.  It should be 'went'.  Past tense."  Is it correct to use 'a while ago' and not 'a short while ago'?  The situation is very clear.  We never talked before the 20-minute class.  It means that she refers to the period of time within the 20-minute class.  Thank you.
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Are there difference between those sentences?        Alex is getting married next month.     Alex will get married next month.      Seems that the first one is expressed in present continues, and the second on in future tense. Am I correct?
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My teacher said "I am going to have a walk" today in class and to me it seems incorrect. Correct variants that I know are:    Going for a walk Going to take a walk Going to walk  ...   Is this correct? If so, why?
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I'm a bit surprised from my US Visa. I plan to go to a conference on 3rd of April. Amazingly though, the visa expiration date is written as April 3rd.  So what does that mean. Can I enter the US on April 3rd? or should I enter one day earlier?
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I would have been happy to let you use the money, if you would give me a date to leave.   Is this a past present tense?  I need to explain this statement I made, correctly.
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I wrote “I know all these stuff; I don’t have to go over them again” in my writing-exam paper and the teacher corrected it to read, “I know all this stuff; I don’t have to go over it again.”  The teacher is Irish so I don’t think he would make a mistake but I think even if the first one (these) was wrong, the second one (them) should have stayed the same. Am I right?
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What does until mean in the following?     You need to deliver this product within 2 days (until August 18, 2011)   to meet your deadline and get paid.   Does this mean that I have to deliver the product by 23:59 on 17 August 2011 or 23:59 on 18 August 2011? The order time is 21:04 on August 16 2011.
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Which sentence is correct:  "I have been having classes for three months."  or  "I have had classes for three months."
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I am a bit confused about these two forms For example :  John reads books all of the time/all the time All the students/All of the students have participated in march against smoking in the campus  are they both correct? or it depends on the context?