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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Different than

As far as I can see, there's nothing wrong with using "different than". Do you agree?
  

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No. Wrong preposition. ) Is this a trick question?

— Avangi

  • No.
  • Wrong preposition.
  • ) Is this a trick question?
  • How far can you see?
  • Actually, it's a grey area.
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No. Wrong preposition. (Than is a conjunction.)

Is this a trick question? How far can you see?Emotion: hmm

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Dear friend,

*London is different of Hong Kong - incorrect;
London is different from/to Hong Kong - correct;

*In Argentina, Christmas celebrations are completely different as the ones in England - incorrect;
In Argentina, Christmas celebrations are completely different from/to the ones in England - correct;

(Note that most teachers an
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"Different to" is perhaps as rare in AmE as "different than" is in BrE. I don't recall ever hearing "to," but I note that Google shows seventeen and a half million hits.
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I've been told by British friends that "different to" is basically the British equivalent of the American "different than": Neither is approved of by hardcore prescriptivists, but everybody uses them anyway.
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AvangiI don't recall ever hearing "to,"
I didn't either until we hired a woman who had gone to school in England. Then she scraped, rasped, and grated on my ears nearly daily with that "different to" thing!
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