as from or from onwards

[Attila]

Hi All,

What's the correct sentence from the below?

- His mails are forwarded to another user from January 2007
- His mails are forwarded to another user as from January 2007
- His mails are forwarded to another user from January 2007 onwards

[Haihao]

I think they are all synonymous. The latter two sound a little more formal than the first one.

[Lost_Soul]

Isn't there supposed to be a preposition between forwarded and to?
Like: His mails are forwarded on to another user from January 2007

Anyway, I suggest that a native speaker elaborate on it :)

[Alan]

Hi,

I don't think it's necessary to add 'on' in the expression 'forward to'. The 'on' if you like is included in the idea of forwarding. Perhaps you are thinking of 'sending', which would require 'on' to explain the idea of going on further to another address.

Alan
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[Lost_Soul]

Hi, Alan

I asked that because I remembered that when I had written "forward this letter to everybody" or something like that, my teacher told me that I should of put "on" in between "letter" and "to". Well, now I see that he was wrong :)