Vocabulary · Free lesson
TOEIC notices: when does the new rule take effect?
Use an original workplace notice to practice a detail-reading skill for TOEIC Listening & Reading Part 7. These dates describe only the teaching example, not a real policy.
Professor Scott MendozaThe short answer
In a notice, “effective June 10” means the rule begins to apply on June 10. Then check what the date applies to. If it controls bookings submitted on or after June 10, the submission date matters—not the date of the meeting.
Find the start date and the event it controls.
A notice can be issued before a change begins. Effective marks the start of the rule, while “on or after” explicitly includes that day. Check whether the rule applies to the date a booking is submitted, a service is used or another event. Do not swap one date type for another.
Original room-booking notice
Notice issued June 3.
Effective June 10, room bookings submitted on or after June 10 must use the online form.
Bookings submitted before June 10 remain valid and do not need to be submitted again.
June 3 tells you when the notice was issued. June 10 tells you when the new submission rule begins. A booking submitted on June 9 is an earlier booking even if the meeting is later.
Match the date to its role
Announcement / effective date
issued June 3 / effective June 10
Which event?
booking submitted, not meeting held
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Which date controls the booking?
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When does the new online-submission rule begin?
June 10June 10 is the effective date. June 3 is the notice date; the rule includes June 10 itself.
A booking is submitted on June 10 for a June 20 meeting. Which method is required?
The online formSubmitted on June 10 satisfies on or after June 10, so the online form is required.
A valid booking was submitted on June 9 for a June 20 meeting. Must it be submitted again?
No, the notice preserves earlier submitted bookings.The notice uses submission date and explicitly preserves earlier bookings. The meeting date does not change that condition.
Put it into practice
Fix the date interpretation
Correct a note about a valid June 9 booking for a June 20 meeting.
The June 9 booking must be submitted again because the meeting is after June 10.
See a model answer
The booking remains valid because it was submitted before June 10.
The corrected note applies the actual wording instead of using the latest date mentioned.
A little more clarity
Common questions
A few useful details before you move on.
Does effective always mean successful?
No. In an effective-date notice it means in force or applying from that date. Context determines the meaning.
Effective June 10, use the online form.
Are after June 10 and on or after June 10 identical?
No. On or after explicitly includes June 10. After June 10 on its own refers to later than that date. Preserve the wording given.
on or after June 10 → June 10 is included
Take it into your day
An effective date controls the stated event, and “on or after” includes the start day.
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