RE: quick question about 'hence'

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

I agree with you, Johan. "Hence" is occasionally used, but I think more
often as respite from "thus" and "therefore." But in your example, I think
"and therefore" or "and thus" (without any comma) is better than "hence." 

Thus, we'd have:

 "For lighter colors, you will usually need more layers of paint and thus
more
paint cans."
 
Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com
 
>  
> 
> I'm currently writing some articles about restoring cars, I 
> just realized I
> tend to use 'hence' a lot in my writing. I think it just 
> looks/fits better
> than 'so' for example. Just a personal preference I guess. I 
> can use any of
> the other synonyms for "hence", but that feels a bit cheap 
> and inconsistent.
> My actually question (being that English is not my mother's 
> tongue): is
> 'hence' too old fashion or uncommon? I want to keep it simple 
> because of the
> diverse audience.
> 
>  
> 
>  


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