OT: Then and than [WAS: chroot to oldlinux...]
oldman
talbotscott at cox.net
Tue Sep 26 16:19:09 UTC 2006
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Gilboa Davara wrote:
> On 9/25/06, oldman <talbotscott at cox.net> wrote:
>> Just putting in a mild gripe here, but I can't remember the
>> last time
>> someone used then or than correctly. So just for the record use then
>> when you are trying to convey the order (chronologically or
>> geographically). Than is used when comparing two things as I am bigger
>> than you. The use here is obscure but other and that are in a weird way
>> being compared so than is correct.
>>
>> Thanks for letting me get that off my chest! Please resume
>>
>> Scott
>
> In my defense, English is not my primary language and I always seem to mix
> then and than. (Using then exclusively is much safer - Theoretically I
> should be right in at least 50% of all cases...)
> However, I'll inspire to do better. (...now if only vim could do grammar
> ;))
>
> - Gilboa
>
Gilboa:
Thanks for caring! It was, I'm sure you know, not my intention to
criticize anyone, it just gets to me sometimes that I see simple errors
so often, even in the newspapers. This particular one seems most prevalent.
It may be a corollary to Murphy's law, but I find I actually have a 72%
chance of getting wrong, anything in which I have a 50% chance of
getting right( or at least it seems that way, ha ha).
Scott
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