From what has been discussed above

= To conclude

What is the difference between “in conclusion” and “by way of conclusion”?

問:
"In concluson" is common, while "by way of conclusion" is quite formal. But what does "by way of conclusion" truly mean that differs from "in conclusion"?


Baffled.


答:


When you consider other situations where "by way of" might typically be used -- for instance


By way of food, there was nothing in the fridge except a long-abandoned can of mouldy beans and a blackened banana


By way of reading material, the owner of the yacht had furnished himself with all 233 of Jeffrey Archer's finest novels
-- the expression seems to mean pretty much the same thing as "in terms of". Accordingly, by way of conclusion means roughly in terms of (a) conclusion, which in turn doesn't seem very different from in conclusion.


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