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[General] The New Year

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patran

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Dear Teachers

When I read the following sentence yesterday (Dec 2012): "Blackrock will be making a fund manager appointment in the New Year". For New Year, does it mean in 2013? Or in Janauary of 2013?

Please advise.

Anthony the learner
 

Rover_KE

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Without further context, we can only take it to mean 'early in 2013'.

Rover
 

Rover_KE

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Your thanks are appreciated, patran, but you don't need to send them in a separate post or quote our replies back to us.

We are all happy to accept a simple click on the Like button as your acknowledgement of our help.


Rover:-D
 
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