| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| thereabouts, thereafter, thereat, thereby, therefrom, therein, thereof, thereon, thereto, thereupon, therewith (advs.) |
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| These adverbs all have a fairly formal air about them, some of them sounding rather legal and very precise, if not pretentious. All are Standard: thereabouts means “near or close to that place, time, number, etc.”; thereafter means “subsequently, from then on”; thereat means “at that place or time”; thereby means “in that way, connected with that” and is in the cliché Thereby hangs a tale; therefrom means “from this, that, or there”; therein means “in that place, in that matter”; thereof means “of that, from that cause, therefrom”; thereon means “on that”; thereto means “to that place, besides”; thereupon means “at once, right after or because of that, therefore”; and therewith means “together with that, in that way, thereupon.” | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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