...hence making...

I suppose you could, but I wouldn’t. The sentence is fine without it.

Also, You are a well-liked man and hence very useful to me.

What about this sentence?

You have always been good to everyone, hence making you a very well-liked man.

For that, would you say that it should be: "You have always been good to everyone, hence you are a very well-liked man"?

Snarf"You have always been good to everyone, hence you are a very well-liked man"?

That has a comma splice. You need and to connect the clauses.

Yes, I forgot about the "and."

CliveBroadly speaking, 'hence' should be followed by some fact that can be concluded from what has been said.'Making . . . ' is not a good way to state a fact.Clive

It's not? How come? If someone asked, "What makes him so smart?" and someone answered, "He has a very high I.Q.," it's the high I.Q., according to this person, that makes him smart. F

Oh, I think I get what you're saying now. But in the other example that I gave, I was, in fact, stating why he was liked by people, so the adverbial nature of "making" is justified, isn't it? How about a case like this?

He stole from the company a little more each year, hence making him one rich man.

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