Little helpers like "thus" and "hence" are of great assistance helping to save time and space and enabling a speaker to sound more educated.
Say, one's asked why they're wearing dark glasses in the evening. Of course, they could start saying things like "You see, I have sensitive eyes, so my doctor told me to wear dark glasses", and that'd be alright, one would be understood, but that's a little too long and book-ish. One's better be using smth like this:
- "I've got sensitive eyes, hence the glasses".
That's it, no need to use many words noone will hear.
"Thus" and "hence" can look similar but they play differently. "Hence" usually describes something relating to the moment of speaking and onward:
"They're not going to pay their debt, hence the baseball bats that you see right here".
"Thus" belongs to something of the past and/or conclusion:
"We failed to reach them, thus the situation stays unsolved".
Would be strange to say, "I've got sensitive eyes, thus the glasses". But it would be OK to rephrase it into "I was diagnosed with sensitive eyes, thus I had to buy dark glasses".
And of course, "thus" and "hence" can be (in most of the cases) substituted with "so" and "therefore", but believe it's wonderful to be able to say roughly the same idea in 4 different ways.
#vocabulary
Say, one's asked why they're wearing dark glasses in the evening. Of course, they could start saying things like "You see, I have sensitive eyes, so my doctor told me to wear dark glasses", and that'd be alright, one would be understood, but that's a little too long and book-ish. One's better be using smth like this:
- "I've got sensitive eyes, hence the glasses".
That's it, no need to use many words noone will hear.
"Thus" and "hence" can look similar but they play differently. "Hence" usually describes something relating to the moment of speaking and onward:
"They're not going to pay their debt, hence the baseball bats that you see right here".
"Thus" belongs to something of the past and/or conclusion:
"We failed to reach them, thus the situation stays unsolved".
Would be strange to say, "I've got sensitive eyes, thus the glasses". But it would be OK to rephrase it into "I was diagnosed with sensitive eyes, thus I had to buy dark glasses".
And of course, "thus" and "hence" can be (in most of the cases) substituted with "so" and "therefore", but believe it's wonderful to be able to say roughly the same idea in 4 different ways.
#vocabulary