Nowadays, it seems that it has become increasingly replaced with the word "Therefore". Interesting point Irvin, about the word "Thereby". (Note the different slant to ‘therefore’, which would also fit, but would say ” her good spirits are due to (’because of’ ‘for that reason’) that”. She got the job - hence her good spirits = She got the job and her good spirits derive from that fact. Henceforth all entrances will be guarded = From now on all entrances will be guarded Get thee hence! = Get yourself away from here! ‘Hence’ means ‘from this/that’ - it relates to WHERE - position, or point in time it tells from where or what, or to where or what, something comes, derives, or goes He was late and therefore missed the bus = he was late and for this reason missed the busģ. ’Therefore’ means ‘for this reason’, or ‘because of this or that’ - it relates to deductive reasoning, it tells WHY this or that is so, or happened.Įg. It has a practical flavour.Įg.Traditionally, you arrange things thus = Traditionally, this is how you arrange thingsĢ. ‘Thus’ means ‘in this/that way’ - it relates to ‘HOW’ - the manner in which - this or that happens or comes about. A simple way of distinguishing and using these words accurately:ġ.
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