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Anonymous  +  194541 Thu, 09 Feb 06 09:39 AM

"You shall hand in the paper within 7 days of receipt of this notice"

For me, "within" shall be connected with "of " as shown above. but I see many people write "within 7 days upon receipt of this notice". so why upon? I'm totally confused. is upon the good one?
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Mister Micawber  +  194574 Thu, 09 Feb 06 11:04 AM

They are both fine; they are just different ways of phrasing the same idea-- the structure differs somewhat.  The second form should really have a comma after days, or the word order should be changed:

You shall hand in the paper within 7 days of receipt of this notice.
You shall hand in the paper within 7 days, upon receipt of this notice.
Upon receipt of this notice, you shall hand in the paper within 7 days.
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