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Do You Know the Difference Between 'Then' and 'Than'?

socallocal 2012/01/23 03:00:00
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Ughhhh this is my pet peeve! Guys, there's a difference between "then" and "than" and you don't even have to be a grammar nazi to know it! Do you know the difference? Be honest. I won't judge you...that much ;)

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  • Alvin 2012/01/30 00:10:03
    Yes, of course!
    Alvin
    I also know the difference between there, their and they're; farther and further; and to, too and two. I always thought everyone knew those things. Are they not teaching grammar and spelling in schools any more?
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  • Rich St... Alvin 2012/03/25 19:34:26
    Rich Stadler
    +2
    Honestly Alvin, I thought everyone knew those things too. Apparently, they aren't teaching it the way they used to. And, of course, those examples you cited are just the tip of the grammar-berg. How about the current wave washing over America of those who start a paragraph with, "So,"? Many people also now end a sentence with a dangling, ",so...". Drives me nuts.
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  • Alvin Rich St... 2012/03/25 20:08:34
    Alvin
    You probably are aware of the quote from Winston Churchill of ending a sentence with a preposition:
    Ending a sentence with a preposition is the sort of behaviour with which I will no longer put!
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  • Paul Adam 2012/01/29 23:39:56
    Um, what are you talking about? That's the same word.
    Paul Adam
    +1
    I mispell or mistake them quite often. But I am a Scandinavian of course...
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  • Rukasaki ~~ Hawkshadow 2012/01/29 18:09:34
    Yes, of course!
    Rukasaki ~~ Hawkshadow
    +1
    I haaaaate when people use bad grammar!!!!! it makes you look stupid
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  • Lordy :D 2012/01/28 22:19:05
    Yes, of course!
    Lordy :D
    +2
    Just don't expect me to care when I'm writing anything besides a school paper.
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  • LADY LIBERTY SILLY WORDSMITH 2012/01/27 23:12:22
    Yes, of course!
    LADY LIBERTY SILLY WORDSMITH
    +1
    THAN: conjunction, (used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison): She's taller than I am.

    THEN: adverb, at that time: Prices were lower then.
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  • wildcat 2012/01/27 04:02:35
    Yes, of course!
    wildcat
    +2
    sure do they are both misspelling of thin
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  • LaurenGirl594 2012/01/26 21:32:36
    Yes, of course!
    LaurenGirl594
    +2
    But I see member using the wrong Their and They're
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  • Flamingolady 2012/01/26 14:27:07
    Yes, of course!
    Flamingolady
    +3
    Having been raised in a time when grammar was actually taught, way back then, I surely know how to use the two. I would much rather know than not know.
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  • sky 2012/01/26 04:53:04
    Yes, of course!
    sky
    +2
    but I sometimes leave the y off of every.
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  • MissGates 2012/01/26 03:42:54
    Yes, of course!
    MissGates
    +2
    I know the difference, and my first language isn't even english..
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  • Alvin MissGates 2012/03/25 20:09:58
    Alvin
    +1
    I also learned English as a second language and am still amazed at the way the native speakers butcher the language.
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  • MissGates Alvin 2012/03/25 20:31:43
    MissGates
    Me too! It just seems like some people don't really care about how/what they write...
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  • BwaHa 2012/01/26 03:07:07
    Yes, of course!
    BwaHa
    +2
    If I didn't know it then and I learned it afterwards and you didn't I'd know more than you wouldn't I?
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  • RobHom 2012/01/26 02:03:26
    Yes, of course!
    RobHom
    +1
    I speakee englick. It be my firs' language....
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  • rhaver1 2012/01/25 23:24:49
    Yes, of course!
    rhaver1
    +1
    Time vs. Comparison
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  • Apelsos 2012/01/25 20:21:54
    Yes, of course!
    Apelsos
    +1
    Than is basically a comparison and Then is like a transitioning.
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  • Inquisitve Kat 2012/01/25 19:44:48
    Yes, of course!
    Inquisitve Kat
    +2
    I read the question, just then, and I KNEW I had to answer, rather than look like a fool.
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  • Syl 2012/01/25 19:44:18
    Yes, of course!
    Syl
    +2
    Well yes, but I'm a student teacher. Also I love TheOatmeal Grammar ;-) I actually used that in class once.
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  • JCD aka "biz" 2012/01/25 17:21:47
    Yes, of course!
    JCD aka "biz"
    +3
    LOL

    BTW, I learned/learnt here in France that you should say "different from", not "different than".
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  • Ghostie Of the Night 2012/01/25 15:27:53
    Yes, of course!
    Ghostie Of the Night
    +5
    then than
    yep. :P
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  • Stonecipher 2012/01/25 15:23:16
    Um, what are you talking about? That's the same word.
    Stonecipher
    +1
    Then means at that time and Than used after some adverbs and adjectives expressing choice or diversity. English is my 3rd language. HA!
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  • Pet Rock Whisperer 2012/01/25 14:29:19
    Yes, of course!
    Pet Rock Whisperer
    +2
    As well as to, too, and two. Or, there, their, and they're.
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  • Syl Pet Roc... 2012/01/25 19:46:06
    Syl
    +2
    and your vs you're and its vs it's

    People have a hard time with personal versus possessive.
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  • Lycaste skinneri 2012/01/25 14:05:01
    Yes, of course!
    Lycaste skinneri
    +1
    And english is not even my 1st language.
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  • Ami Kate 2012/01/25 13:44:05
    Um, what are you talking about? That's the same word.
    Ami Kate
    +1
    Hey, looks like i'm the dumbass. ;]
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  • LADY LI... Ami Kate 2012/01/30 00:05:20
    LADY LIBERTY SILLY WORDSMITH
    +1
    NO! YOU LOOK LIKE "LOVE," OR "FRIEND," AS THE ORIGIN OF WORD!
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  • Arinn 2012/01/25 12:46:56 (edited)
    Yes, of course!
    Arinn
    +1
    It would be really funny the right way ha yes I know the difference
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  • ToxicChili 2012/01/25 11:15:20 (edited)
    Yes, of course!
    ToxicChili
    +1
    Yes, Yes I do. But thanks for asking ;-)
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  • [Katsu]™ 2012/01/25 10:58:48
    Yes, of course!
    [Katsu]™
    +1
    It tends to be one of my peeves as well. It's just irritating to read such a mistake.
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  • kelly 2012/01/25 10:18:15
    Yes, of course!
    kelly
    +2
    Of course I do, I'm not American.
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  • mewycg 2012/01/25 10:04:18
    Yes, of course!
    mewycg
    +1
    I do know the difference, but I can't say that I'll never mix them up.
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  • Lucas 2012/01/25 09:39:53 (edited)
    Yes, of course!
    Lucas
    +1
    I'm greater than you.
    When I rule the world then you will bow to me.
    Did I use 'em right?
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  • Arianne 2012/01/25 08:54:13
    Yes, of course!
    Arianne
    +1
    Not to mention: their vs they're and were vs we're.

    English isn't even my first language.
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  • greg 2012/01/25 07:11:35
    Yes, of course!
    greg
    +1
    then refers to a past time or place
    than is used in a comparative reference.
    does this clear it up for you
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  • Astro 2012/01/25 05:59:56
    Yes, of course!
    Astro
    +2
    I hate it more when people say youse for pluralization of you, I rage very frequently because of it.
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  • doc Astro 2012/01/25 16:11:16
    doc
    Exactly since the plural form is obviously "all" as in "all y'all"
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  • Astro doc 2012/01/26 00:19:33 (edited)
    Astro
    actually the plural form is you as well. Y'all is slang as a matter of fact. as in "All of you".
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  • Alvin Astro 2012/01/30 00:14:19
    Alvin
    I hate to be nitpicky (not really), but the plural of "Y'all" is "all Y'all" as I was told by an old Florida cracker.
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