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Originally Posted by HarryT
Permit me to point out that the word "whence" means "from where". One can say either "from where", or just "whence", but not "from whence"!
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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Thank you for the correction.
I rarely use the word "whence" (isn't it used more by the English than those of us in the Colonies?). When I have heard it used, I seem to recall the speakers thereof to have said, "from whence," thus the reason, I think, for my faux pas.
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yep, I've also heard "from whence"... I guess since it's largely obsolete, we've forgotten the correct usage