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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'begins thus' is correct and usable in written English
It is usually used when something is starting, to introduce the beginning of a story or quote, for example. You might introduce a story like this: The tale of the gallant knight begins thus: Once upon a time there was a brave knight who ventured out into the world seeking adventure.
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It begins thus: 'Mr. Mark Twain — Sir: Sarrozay's beautiful place.
So (every science statement begins thus nowadays), what are the ideas?
One of her new stories, "Souvenir," begins thus: "This is in England, in Cornwall, and a more weird dreary spot could scarcely be imagined.
It begins thus: 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
It begins thus: These books all dote on the minutiae of the three great American newspapers they describe... the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Times.
He begins thus: "I've just realised you may not have actually purchased this book and are doing what I do when buying a book, and reading the first page to see if you like it".
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The following month, he began "Thus Spoke Zarathustra," the book that helped set the world to war.
The training began thus with ten models to train (five for each step).
Thus began and thus continues the deadliest postcolonial struggle in Oceania.
Additionally, quantification of categories is at its beginning thus providing no valid measurements.
Thus begins two solid weeks in Paris and Berlin.
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