Talk:whereupon

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I was under the impression that despite the components of the word, whereupon specifically did not mean "on where" — are there citations to the contrary? Conrad.Irwin 08:23, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

There certainly are authorities to the contrary at OneLook.com that have this sense.

I am more concerned with whether the causal and temporal senses exist separately, rather than something like "after and associated with." It seems to me that the temporal sense is part of the definition and the causal association is a consequence of our normal conclusion that a following event associated with a prior event is a consequence of that prior event, provided there is some accepted framework that supports the inference.

The citation effort for the RfV might also help with my concern. DCDuring TALK 16:05, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

I have found one citation so far. - -sche (discuss) 00:54, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

I have cited the third sense. The first and second senses (not formally subject to this RFV) remain to be sorted out. - -sche (discuss) 01:03, 11 August 2011 (UTC)