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can we use thence the way we use therefore. As when an occurence led by an action. For example: "my mom forbid me to go to Amy's house" thence I cannot go". Is this gramatically correct. So the occurence is that I cannot go.

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  • Are you confusing thence with thus? – Peter Shor Oct 05 '18 at 02:03
  • yes. Thus, Therefore, makes perfect sense to me. But I would like to know if Thence is also proper for this sort of context – jatisejati77 Oct 05 '18 at 02:06
  • You can use hence here although it is wee bit formal. I accept you can't use thence without sounding archaic but I can't why one is acceptable but not the other. – David Robinson Nov 04 '18 at 13:08
  • This would be easier had your Question been rendered in proper English and nevertheless, we can use "thence" roughly the way we use "therefore"

    However, "my mom forbade me to go to Amy's house thence I cannot go" is not correct. That sentence needs "thus" not "thence".

    Regardless of content, in no case could you correctly say "the occurence is that I cannot go".

     – Robbie Goodwin Dec 04 '18 at 20:34

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Well, technically thence carries that meaning (wiktionary), but like the others in the comments have said, therefore or thus are the preferred versions as thence is terribly archaic in both of its listed definitions.

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  • Wiktionary only flags one sense of 'thence' as being archaic. Lexico, as the new answer says, has as a consequence: "studying maps to assess past latitudes and thence an indication of climate" which it flags as formal, not archaic. // Obviously, '; as a consequence' works in OP's example sentence, but not (with any punctuation we might try) 'thence'. – Edwin Ashworth Jun 22 '21 at 14:47
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A bit of a necropost, but the correct usage of the word is something like "Then to X from a place previously mentioned".

To quote Harper Lee,

~He worked his way across the Atlantic to Philadelphia, thence to Jamaica, thence to Mobile, and up the Saint Stephens.

Another use is "in consequence". What you mentioned is close to, but not the correct usage of the word.

By Oxford,

studying maps to assess past latitudes and thence an indication of climate.

In this case, thence connects the two parts as a consequent result of the previous result.

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