User:Sobreira/-ence and -ither: A study on the suffixes
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Dedicated to my son,
who is a fan of Minecraft
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/-ence_and_-ither_1.png/1100px--ence_and_-ither_1.png)
(Image of the table)
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/-ence_and_-ither_1in2.png)
(Image of the table)
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/-ence_and_-ither_2.png)
(Image of the table)
who is a fan of Minecraft
Be this table:
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/-ence_and_-ither_1.png/1100px--ence_and_-ither_1.png)
Or in two:
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/-ence_and_-ither_1in2.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/-ence_and_-ither_2.png)
Note that, even most usually written (and said) -ence and -ither, there are some variants in -(o)nce and -ether.
For nonce, t'is useful:
Usage for whence:
- This word is uncommon in modern usage; from where is now usually substituted (as in the example sentence: Where did I come from? or From where did I come?). It is now chiefly encountered in older works, or in poetic or literary writing.
- From whence has a strong literary precedent, appearing in Shakespeare and the King James Bible as well as in the writings of numerous Victorian-era writers. In recent times, however, it has been criticized as redundant by usage commentators.
Also for nether-:
- netherdom, nether region, netherregion, netherworld
- Netherlands
- nethermore, nethermost
- netherness, netherty
- See as well: underneath and beneath
Not confuse whither with:
- wither (away) (against; see category:English words prefixed with wither-; cf. withers and wither-wrung)