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Why walk to Mordor when you could drive? (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Merriam Webster:

from whence
: from what place, source, or cause
no one could tell me from whence the gold had come
—Graham Greene

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Also Merriam Webster: Is it wrong to say 'from whence'?

TL;DR: Yeah, it's kind of wrong, but people have been getting it wrong for so long that it is no longer a 'vicious' mistake.