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Whereby vs Vould - What's the difference?

whereby | vould |

As an adverb whereby

is by what, in which direction; how.

As a verb vould is

eye dialect of would.

whereby

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (interrogative, obsolete) By what, in which direction; how
  • By which.
  • * 1990 , Local management of schools , Kogan Page Ltd:
    • Other heads saw devolution as a whole new way of life and adopted an approach whereby the power of devolution was used to enable the school to drive the curriculum.
  • (nonstandard) Where.
  • * 1992 , The hotel receptionist , Paige, Jane and Paige, Grace, Cassell Educational:
    • This is an electronic system whereby executives are issued with small bleepers.

    Usage notes

    Use of whereby as a formal equivalent of where'' is nonstandard and is avoided by careful speakers and writers, who use ''where'' or ''in which instead. The term typically fails readability and comprehension review so it is generally avoided in published works. The term is also avoided by speakers as it makes it difficult to understand the message that is trying to be communicated.

    See also

    * thereabout, thereafter, thereagainst, thereat, thereby, therefor, therefore, therefrom, therein, thereinafter, thereof, thereon, thereto, theretofore, thereunder, thereunto, thereupon, therewith, therewithal * hereabout, hereafter, hereat, hereby, herein, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinto, hereof, hereon, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereunder, hereupon, herewith * whereabouts, whereas, whereafter, whereat, whereby, wherefore, wherefrom, wherein, whereinto, whereof, whereon, whereto, whereunder, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal English pronominal adverbs

    vould

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1914, author=I. Zangwill, title=Children of the Ghetto, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Vy midout you de movement vould crumble like a mummy in de air; be not such a fool-man. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1916, author=Peggy Edmund & Harold W. Williams, compilers, title=Toaster's Handbook, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Hurriedly came the answer: "Mine frent, you surely vould not refuse me two per zent discount on a strictly cash transaction like dis?" }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=, author=Alice Maude Kellogg, title=Christmas Entertainments, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Head Cook : Of a truth, madame, I vould not have done so, madame, but my scullions have all gone, and I had none to guard ze Christmas pie to-night! }}