I have a water filter in my office. It is broken. I wrote a reminder telling the staff.
The word I would like to highlight is "as from" or "from."
Water filter can only be used as from 1st March, 2016.
Is it grammatically correct?
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Sign up to join this communityI have a water filter in my office. It is broken. I wrote a reminder telling the staff.
The word I would like to highlight is "as from" or "from."
Water filter can only be used as from 1st March, 2016.
Is it grammatically correct?
Water filter can only be used as from 1st March, 2016.
That is not quite correct.
If you want to say that the first day that the water filter can be used is March 1st, then you can say:
Water filter can only be used as [of] 1st March, 2016.
But typically — at least in American English — we would say:
Out of order until March 1st, 2016.
“Out of order” simply means that the device has some part that is missing or broken and it has yet to be replaced or repaired.