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Magoood Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
A grammatical error - What is the correction
Hi - I faced the following sentence during a drill. The sentence contains a grammatical error. I wish i know its correction.
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Autistic children, whose brain chemistry, is different to that of normal children, can be extremely precocious.
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In the above sentence, the "to that", marked in pink, is not correct. What should replace it to make the sentence correct. THX
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Autistic children, whose brain chemistry, is different to that of normal children, can be extremely precocious.
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In the above sentence, the "to that", marked in pink, is not correct. What should replace it to make the sentence correct. THX
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Hello, Magood, and welcome to the forum! In the first place, there shouldn't be a comma after "chemistry". Normally you say "different from", but "different to " is accepted.
- Hello, Magood, and welcome to the forum!
- In the first place, there shouldn't be a comma after "chemistry".
- Normally you say "different from", but "different to " is accepted.
- US English, I'd say.
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Hello, Magood, and welcome to the forum!
In the first place, there shouldn't be a comma after "chemistry". Normally you say "different from", but "different to" is accepted. US English, I'd say.
In the first place, there shouldn't be a comma after "chemistry". Normally you say "different from", but "different to" is accepted. US English, I'd say.
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different from (recommended in the U.S.)
different than (considered incorrect in the U.S., but often heard)
different to (British) (not mentioned in most U.S. grammar books because hardly anyone ever uses it)
CJ
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different than (considered incorrect in the U.S., but often heard)
different to (British) (not mentioned in most U.S. grammar books because hardly anyone ever uses it)
CJ
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Yes, I'd vote out the comma too. "Different from" and "different to" are both fine in BrE, as CJ says; "different than" is now also much heard.
Some people object to the "to" and "than" forms, though. So perhaps the question-setter is one of those people.
MrP
Some people object to the "to" and "than" forms, though. So perhaps the question-setter is one of those people.
MrP
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