Like johndot, I prefer to use therefore and hence to introduce a clause rather than a gerund. However, I might use thus with a gerund, but with the meaning "in this way" rather than "therefore." She studied hard, thus making it easier to pass the exam. . (I find "making it easier to pass the exam" slightly awkward; I would prefer "thus passing
It seems to be increasingly common for students, and others, to use ‘as such’ as a replacement for ‘therefore’. However, if you think ‘as such’ and ‘therefore’ have the same meaning and are thus interchangeable, read on. ‘Therefore’ is a conjunction (a part of speech that joins words, phrases, clauses or sentences) that Linking Words to Add more Information. These words simply add additional information to your sentence or paragraph to show that two ideas are similar. Here are some examples: It started to rain and I got soaked – ‘and’ is the linking word that connects the two ideas of the individual being in the rain and getting soaked. Hence: from here; from now; from this. Thence: from there; from then; from that. Whence: from where; from when; from which. All are archaic; only hence is used any more with any frequency. Generally, hence is no longer used to indicate spacial or temporal relationships, only logical deductions and inferences.How to use whence in a sentence. from what place, source, or cause… See the full definition. Games & Quizzes; Games & Quizzes; Word of the Day; Grammar. 335 19 242 69 81 2 374 371 257