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Therefor vs. Therefore
Therefor
Examples:
He lacked evidence; therefor, his argument was dismissed.She saved money all year and therefor could afford the trip.His skills improved; therefor, he got a promotion.
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Therefore
/ˈðeəfɔː/Examples:
For that reason, therefore, he now announced, with pretended assurance:Therefore, I said to myself, Ralph Paton is not the murderer.Therefore no preparations could be made to stop the crime.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Therefor is not commonly used in modern English but means for that purpose or because of that.
- Therefore is used to show a logical conclusion or result in arguments and explanations.
- Therefor has one less e compared to therefore. Focus on the extra e as standing for evidence in therefore, since it concludes from previous evidence.
- Therefore is more frequent in usage and often appears in formal writing.
- Think of therefor as an old-fashioned legal term, whereas therefore is used in everyday modern English.
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