"Regular exercise strengthens the heart, thereby reducing the risk of heart attack." Here are example sentences from various dictionaries: "After weeks of intense debates, the delegates finally came to an accord and signed the Nuclear Disarmament Treaty, thereby establishing a framework for the next round of disarmament."
My own version of your example might go something like: But the use in your examples is not how I understand the way we use thereby: Any - I more or less agree with your definition of 'thereby', although I'd tend more to 'in this way, in this manner'. And for some reason, I think "therefore" sounds better in this case. Moreover, replacing "thereby" with "therefore" in this example still works perfectly. Wouldn't it sound even better if that sentence became "This thing is a balloon, thereby it is made of rubber"? Basically remove the "and" while adding the "it". Although, grammatically speaking - both are explicitly correct.Īnd just to be a certified grammar nerd, in reference to your example, "I'm broke, hence I will walk rather than taking the bus." "taking" should actually be replaced with "take".
However, I feel that "thereby" looks more formal, which appeals to the context, and sounds slightly better than "therefore". (I thought I had just thought of one, but I guess "therefore" also works here. More often than not, I'm fairly sure that it comes down to the individual writer to determine which of these words, along with hence, thus, etc., sound or look more aesthetically pleasing.Įx: After weeks of intense debates, the delegates finally came to an accord and signed the Nuclear Disarmament Treaty, which thereby calls for the immediate and complete abolition of nuclear arms. I would love to see an example that proves otherwise. In every example, it appears that both words can be successfully interchanged. "Therefore" means "For that reason", whereas "Thereby" means "By that means" or "Because of that".Īfter contemplating many various examples, I cannot think of a specific case in which the use of one of the adverbs is favored over the other. They are oftentimes used interchangeably, however, there does appear to be a difference between their definitions. Nowadays, it seems that it has become increasingly replaced with the word "Therefore". Interesting point Irvin, about the word "Thereby". (Note the different slant to ‘therefore’, which would also fit, but would say ” her good spirits are due to (’because of’ ‘for that reason’) that”. She got the job - hence her good spirits = She got the job and her good spirits derive from that fact. Henceforth all entrances will be guarded = From now on all entrances will be guarded Get thee hence! = Get yourself away from here! ‘Hence’ means ‘from this/that’ - it relates to WHERE - position, or point in time it tells from where or what, or to where or what, something comes, derives, or goes He was late and therefore missed the bus = he was late and for this reason missed the busģ. ’Therefore’ means ‘for this reason’, or ‘because of this or that’ - it relates to deductive reasoning, it tells WHY this or that is so, or happened.Įg. It has a practical flavour.Įg.Traditionally, you arrange things thus = Traditionally, this is how you arrange thingsĢ.
‘Thus’ means ‘in this/that way’ - it relates to ‘HOW’ - the manner in which - this or that happens or comes about. A simple way of distinguishing and using these words accurately:ġ.
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