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comment by b_b

Hmmm. Normally I wouldn't do this, but I feel like you would want me to. I have a question. Doesn't whence mean 'from where', thus making the phrase 'from whence' redundant? Feel free to slap me down if I'm incorrect.





lil  ·  3934 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I feel like you would want me to.
Indeed you know me well, at least the part of me that is standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door from whence I came.

I discovered that whence/from whence is a topic of heated debate in many circles.

b_b  ·  3934 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ha! Another quirk of English for which there apparently is no "right" answer. I'm sticking with the Oxford comma, the refraining of the use of 'from' in front of whence, and the right to make up words whensoever I please.