Wrong use of therof ?
Seen on a monument plaque in Mumbai, India:
"We acknowledge the sustained support of the Western Naval Command without whose continuous involvement this memorial would not have been possible to create and sustain thereof."
It seems to me that "thereof" is wrong and should be omitted - but would like to confirm.
My understanding is that it should be replaceable with "of it/them" and that in this context, it applies to "this memorial". Therefore, the sentence should be equivalent to
"We acknowledge the sustained support of the Western Naval Command without whose continuous involvement this memorial would not have been possible to create and sustain this memorial.
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"It seems to me that "thereof" is wrong and should be omitted - but would like to confirm. Yes, it's wrong. " red car My understanding is that it should be replaceable with "of it/them" and that in this context, it applies to "this memorial".
- "It seems to me that "thereof" is wrong and should be omitted - but would like to confirm.
- Yes, it's wrong.
- " red car My understanding is that it should be replaceable with "of it/them" and that in this context, it applies to "this memorial".
- Therefore, the sentence should be equivalent to"We acknowledge the sustained support of the Western Naval Command without whose continuous involvement this memorial would not have been possible to create and sustain this memorial.
- I don't really get what you mean here.
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red car"We acknowledge the sustained support of the Western Naval Command without whose continuous involvement this memorial would not have been possible to create and sustain thereof."It seems to me that "thereof" is wrong and should be omitted - but would like to confirm.
Yes, it's wrong. The sentence should read:
"We acknowledge the sustained suppo
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