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Pmspharm Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

VIDE VS VIA

What is the difference between vide & via???

in which situation we have to use this words ??
  

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Hello, pmsphram. The two words are unrelated in current meaning, and you don't have to use either one of them. Vide is a learned word, an academic word used in formal papers to direct the reader's attention to a reference, often in the phrases vide ante (see before), vide infra (see below), vide post (see after), vide supra (see above), vide ut supra (see as above).

  • Hello, pmsphram.
  • The two words are unrelated in current meaning, and you don't have to use either one of them.
  • Vide is a learned word, an academic word used in formal papers to direct the reader's attention to a reference, often in the phrases vide ante (see before), vide infra (see below), vide post (see after), vide supra (see above), vide ut supra (see as above).
  • Via is a preposition of standard register: 1.
  • by a route that touches or passes through; by way of: to flyto Japan via the North Pole.
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Hello, pmsphram.

The two words are unrelated in current meaning, and you don't have to use either one of them.

Vide is a learned word, an academic word used in formal papers to direct the reader's attention to a reference, often in the phrases vide ante (see before), vide infra (see below), vide post (see after),vide supra (see above),
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Vide is used strictly as a direction in a reference book or paper, meaning "see (the following)." And I believe it is often abbreviated as, vid. For example: "Vid. chapter 12."

Via on the other hand is a word used in speech and writing, for example: "I sent in my resume via (by way of) the web." or "I sent in my homework via the internet."
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thanks all for your excellent explanation
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These two words "vide" and "via" are totally unrelated as they have different meanings.

"vide" (pronounced VY-dee, with the VY- rhyming as "my", or VID-day) is a Latin word which means "see", used to direct a reader's attention, as in "vide page 64" to mean "see page 64".

"via"(pronounced VY-yer) means 1.(a) By way of; through, as in "Take the route to Cardiff via Reading and Oxfor

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