"different from" or "different than"?
"Different than" is used increasingly by TV and radio presenters. I am irritated and distracted because "different from" is what I was taught in school.
Kindly enlighten me.
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omowright "Different than" is used increasingly by TV and radio presenters. I am irritated and distracted because "different from" is what I was taught in school. Kindly enlighten me.
- omowright "Different than" is used increasingly by TV and radio presenters.
- I am irritated and distracted because "different from" is what I was taught in school.
- Kindly enlighten me.
- Both are used, and also (chiefly in the UK) "different to".
- I, too, was surprised about "than" and "to" when I first ran across them because I was also taught "different from" in school.
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omowright"Different than" is used increasingly by TV and radio presenters. I am irritated and distracted because "different from" is what I was taught in school.
Kindly enlighten me.
Both are used, and also (chiefly in the UK) "different to".
I, too, was surprised about "than" and "to" when I first ran across them because I was also
0"Different than" is my native East Coast dialect. "Different to" is British, and if my "than" sounds as bizarre to you as their "to" does to me, it's no wonder you're having this problem. I have tried to change to "different from" because that works everywhere. But it must be said that all three are highly idiomatic, and there is no real reason to prefer one over the others.
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