Punctuation: How to Use Therefore in a Sentence If that’s not enough of a difference for you, remember that you can always try substituting synonyms to see which one should have a place in the sentence you’re writing. They’re also used in a different way-the longer word is, as we mentioned, very often used as a conjunctive adverb the shorter word isn’t. I took back the dress I bought, and the shop gave me a reimbursement therefor.Īs you can see, therefore and therefor don’t mean the same thing. If you’d like to use therefor in a sentence, you would do it like this: Therefor means “for it,” or “for that.” It’s one of those words like “therein,” “thereafter,” and “thereof” that you rarely use in everyday speech but should be aware of. However, if your study or work involves reading a lot of legal documents, you’re probably familiar with the word already and know that it’s not a misspelling or an alternative spelling of therefore. You’re less likely to encounter therefor on the web or in your everyday readings.

Just think about some of the synonyms for therefore-”hence,” “consequently,” and “thus.”īecause the adverb therefore often plays the role of a conjunction, it’s sometimes called a conjunctive adverb. That’s what therefore does-it shows that something happens because of something else. When you say you think, therefore you are, you’re acknowledging that your belief in your own existence is in some way a consequence of your ability to think. Let’s start with the more common of these two adverbs- therefore.

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