meaning - Why do we use the word thereof? - English Language Usage . . . When that use of his became obsolete, it was replaced by thereof On the Liberty Bell, this verse from the King James Bible appears: "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof " In modern language we would say "all its inhabitants", but the word its does not appear in original editions of the King James Bible
vocabulary - What are the limitations on the there + preposition . . . Thereof used to be quite a favour among writers but is now even less common than thereto, which itself is pretty rare but had seen a resurgence in use in the '50s It's only logical to compare this cohort to their vis-à-vis: The "here-" adverbs Even the most popular hereafter has always been much less prevalent than even thereof (Note the
Thereby vs. therefore - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Thereby and Therefore have different meanings Explanation Thereby : It means as a result of an action For instance, let's say there is a sentence like, Regular exercises make us more fit, thereby keeping us more active
What are these very formal, old-fashioned words (wherein, thereof etc . . . What do you mean ‘this kind of words’? There’s not really anything all those words have in common, apart from the fact that they are compound words in which at least one of the two constituent words is either an adverb or a preposition (but less common word classes to be used in compounds in English), so it’s very hard to know what you would expect to be listed
Is there a difference between Therefor and Therefore? [closed] I'm a non-native English speaker, and my automatic spellchecker seems to accept both therefore and therefor Is one orthography preferred ? Is that a British vs American difference ? Or an old vs
phrases - A simpler version of the likes thereof - English Language . . . While syntactically possible, the expression the likes thereof is very rare in English usage A quick Ngram check on the like vs the likes shows that while neither is what you would want to call prevalent usage, the plural noun usage of likes in this context is minimal to nonexistant Adding thereof to likes produces no matches at all
adverbs - Can I use thereof to refer to a single subject? If not - what . . . Confirming feasibility of attack and investigating improvements to range and reliability thereof If you say that it is the attack's "reliability" (whatever that might mean!) and you are saying the feasibility was already known, and that you're confirming it but investigating other things:
Using lack thereof on a negative to refer to the lack of a positive The fitness industry makes a lot of money from misinformation, or the lack thereof What I really want to say is: The fitness industry makes a lot of money from misinformation, or the lack of correct information
expressions - Lack of it Lack thereof - English Language Usage . . . Or lack thereof is indeed the most usual way of saying it; but that's a 'fossil' from legal language, and your version, or lack of it, is much better suited to even the most formal modern discourse – StoneyB on hiatus
Use of Thereof? . . . feels like home, and a departure thereof Therefor, therefore, therefrom, thereof, therein, thereon, thereupon, and thereby are all perfectly correct words, but unless you're a 70 year-old lawyer, they're easy to misuse Even when used appropriately they are unlikely to be consistent with the tone of the rest of your writing I'd like to talk you out of using any of them