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Hitherto And Heretofore

I was wondering if people here considered "hitherto" and "heretofore" too stilted nowadays for a scholarly article, and, if so, whether "previously" would be better.
Thanks for your opinions.
  

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[nq:1]I was wondering if people here considered "hitherto" and "heretofore" too stilted nowadays for a scholarly article, and, if so, whether "previously" would be better. [/nq] Avoid 'em like the plague. Even lawyers seem to be using them less often.

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  • [nq:1]I was wondering if people here considered "hitherto" and "heretofore" too stilted nowadays for a scholarly article, and, if so, whether "previously" would be better.
  • [/nq] Avoid 'em like the plague.
  • Even lawyers seem to be using them less often.
  • Andrew Gwilliam To email me, replace "bottomless pit" with "silverhelm"
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[nq:1]I was wondering if people here considered "hitherto" and "heretofore" too stilted nowadays for a scholarly article, and, if so, whether "previously" would be better. Thanks for your opinions.[/nq]
Avoid 'em like the plague. Even lawyers seem to be using them less often.

Andrew Gwilliam
To email me, replace "bottomless pit" with "silverhelm"
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[nq:1]I was wondering if people here considered "hitherto" and"heretofore" too stilted nowadays for a scholarly article, and, if so, whether "previously" would be better. Thanks for your opinions.[/nq]
Yes. "Hitherto" is a bit more alive than "heretofore", though: I wouldn't always rule it out. I think it could occasionally be better than "previously", not only for variety, but if for some rea
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[nq:1]I was wondering if people here considered "hitherto" and "heretofore" too stilted nowadays for a scholarly article, and, if so, whether "previously" would be better.[/nq]
Possibly but only occasionally.
The point is that no English word is "stilted" or
anything else in isolation only in a specific context (sentence) within a general context (publication or other utterance.) It is
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[nq:2]I was wondering if people here considered "hitherto" and "heretofore" too stilted nowadays for a scholarly article, and, if so, whether "previously" would be better.[/nq]
[nq:1]Possibly but only occasionally. The point is that no English word is "stilted" or anything else in isolation only ... words that differ in nuance, and leave the set to mull overnight before re-evaluating in a fres
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[nq:1]I was wondering if people here considered "hitherto" and "heretofore" too stilted nowadays for a scholarly article,[/nq]
Methinks it is best to avoid them.

Charles Riggs
There are no accented letters in my email address
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[nq:2]I was wondering if people here considered "hitherto" and "heretofore" too stilted nowadays for a scholarly article,[/nq]
[nq:1]Methinks it is best to avoid them.[/nq]
Henceforward I shall.

John Dean
Oxford
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[nq:2]Methinks it is best to avoid them.[/nq]
[nq:1]Henceforward I shall.[/nq]
As of the 20th, inst.

Andrew Gwilliam
To email me, replace "bottomless pit" with "silverhelm"
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