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Eddie88 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
'Hence' and 'Thus'- main uses of...
Hi,
Definitions: (I got them from a dictionairy)
Hence=For this reason
Thus=In this way
Since these are there definitions, is this the main way they are used?
Overall, I have worked hard and have been rewarded hence (for this reason).
I took the cap off the lid first instead of cutting a hole first. Thus (in this way), there is more chance it will work.
In the past, I used the words synonymously to mean 'therefore' which the dictionairy also accepts as definitions for both words. However, according to the dictionairy, it is no the main meanings.
Thanks for your help.
Definitions: (I got them from a dictionairy)
Hence=For this reason
Thus=In this way
Since these are there definitions, is this the main way they are used?
Overall, I have worked hard and have been rewarded hence (for this reason).
I took the cap off the lid first instead of cutting a hole first. Thus (in this way), there is more chance it will work.
In the past, I used the words synonymously to mean 'therefore' which the dictionairy also accepts as definitions for both words. However, according to the dictionairy, it is no the main meanings.
Thanks for your help.
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Hi, Eddie. I just switched pain pills and I'm not feeling very smart. But you and I need to find a better spell checker.
- Hi, Eddie.
- I just switched pain pills and I'm not feeling very smart.
- But you and I need to find a better spell checker.
- ) I'm always very reluctant to discuss "main meanings," because so much of what we do here is without context.
- Seems like we're often judged harshly for using an obscure meaning.
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Hi, Eddie. I just switched pain pills and I'm not feeling very smart. But you and I need to find a better spell checker. You're spelling "there definitions" like "over there," and "dictionairy" like milk from the "dairy." (I'll admit they sound the same.)
I'm always very reluctant to discuss "main meanings," because so much of what we do here is without context. Seems like we're ofte
I'm always very reluctant to discuss "main meanings," because so much of what we do here is without context. Seems like we're ofte
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Hi, Your link didn't work, but I found it with the "in-house" search function.
There's quite a bit of material there. Could you help me by writing one specfic example of a usage you're not clear on? Then we can go from there. (I'm not sure which comments you agree with and which you find troublesome.)
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There's quite a bit of material there. Could you help me by writing one specfic example of a usage you're not clear on? Then we can go from there. (I'm not sure which comments you agree with and which you find troublesome.)
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Hi:
Firstly, the reason I think of it in terms of the preposition at the end is because I only think of this slightly different structure (preposition plus 'which') when one is writing a sentence in which they don't want the sentence to end with the preposition. For instance,
I don't know which one you are talking about
Becomes
I don't know about which one you a
Firstly, the reason I think of it in terms of the preposition at the end is because I only think of this slightly different structure (preposition plus 'which') when one is writing a sentence in which they don't want the sentence to end with the preposition. For instance,
I don't know which one you are talking about
Becomes
I don't know about which one you a
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IMHO, all of the sentences we have discussed here (I'll let you typify them!) lend themselves to the free exchange of "where" and "in which." I have to admit, I'm still having a hard time understanding why you wish to transpose the "in" from its happy position in front of the "which" to a remote location which it is often unhappy in.
Is it simply a test? -
Is it simply a test? -
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Ok this should explain it.
Is this the drawer where the files are stored
Is this the drawer which the files are stored in
Now, here is the more formal way to say the above sentence. The preposition preceeds its object (relative pronoun/antecedent is drawer).
Is this the drawer in which the files are stored
So, from this, I always assumed t
Is this the drawer where the files are stored
Is this the drawer which the files are stored in
Now, here is the more formal way to say the above sentence. The preposition preceeds its object (relative pronoun/antecedent is drawer).
Is this the drawer in which the files are stored
So, from this, I always assumed t
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Eddie88 Is this simply all 'in which' is? The same as 'about which' for example.This is something regarding which I know nothing.
This is something, which I know nothing about.
This is something about which I know nothing.
This is something which I know nothing regarding.
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Eddie88 when one is writing a sentence in which they don't want the sentence to end with the preposition.
I don't know which one you are talking about
Becomes I don't know about which one you are talking.
I always assumed that 'in which' and 'which..in' were the same. One is just more formal than the other...
Write a paragraph w
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