RE: Quick question about 'hence'?

["Keith Hansen" <KRH -at- weiland-wfg -dot- com>]

Geoff wrote:

"It may also reflect dialect differences between American- and
British-influenced English. ... My American wife (also an editor)
disagrees, saying that she found the word a bit formal and possibly
antique for American usage." 

Agreed.  To my American ears, "hence" does sound slightly old fashioned,
although not wrong.  Words such as "therefore/thus/so" certainly sound
more natural to me.  I suspect "hence" was more common in American
writing 50 years ago than today.

"Hence" may be fine for the British, along with their "whilst" and
"amongst," which caused a furor here some time ago!  (Barely ever hear
an American use either of those...)

Keith
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