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two "after" in a row

English translation: 14 days after...

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English term or phrase:two "after" in a row
Selected answer:14 days after...
Entered by: Diana Donzelli-Gaudet

15:22 Oct 1, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Internet, e-Commerce
English term or phrase: two "after" in a row
Two "after" in a row, please help rephrase!
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After 14 days after the order status is set to "received" the money will be transferred from the site's PayPal account to the seller's PayPal account.
Alexander Onishko
14 days after...
Explanation:
I would simply start my sentence like this "14 days after..." cancelling the first After...
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Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
Local time: 01:30
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
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3 +914 days after...
Diana Donzelli-Gaudet


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
14 days after...


Explanation:
I would simply start my sentence like this "14 days after..." cancelling the first After...

Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
Local time: 01:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Moore (X)
18 mins
  -> Thanks, David!
agree  Max Nuijens
24 mins
  -> Thanks, Max!
agree  jccantrell: In this case, spell out 'fourteen' because it is bad form in English to start a sentence with a number (imo).
40 mins
  -> Thanks very much, jccantrell!
agree  Ken Cox: With jcc, or use 'two weeks' (unless 14 business days is meant). Formally speaking, 'after 14 days after' could be interpreted to mean 'at some undefined date after 14 days have passed'.
51 mins
  -> Thanks very much, Ken!
agree  Ioanna Daskalopoulou
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ioanna!
agree  Egil Presttun
7 hrs
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agree  Lietta Warren-Granato
12 hrs
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agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Thanks, sibsab!
agree  veratek
2 days 45 mins
  -> Thanks, vera!
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