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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

'other' followed by 'that'

Is this correct? Can you say "other than that"?

1. They were killed for no other reason than that their views were different than others.
2. I have other things to do than that.
  

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Is there nothing the matter with one. Is it better to use 'better things to do"

Thanks
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AnonymousThey were killed for no other reason than that their views were different than others.
I would prefer: They were killed for no other reason than that their views were different than those of others.
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Or at least "than others' ".
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Leah What do you mean 'than others'?
Can you write the whole sentence for both?
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The ideas belong to other people; they are others' ideas. This can be rewritten as fivejedjon suggested:
fivejedjonThey were killed for no other reason than that their views were different than those of others.
But if nothing else, an apostrophe would work: They were killed for no other reason than that their views were different than others'.
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