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SpongeBarb Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
than
Does 'than' mean 'when' in this passage:
Great-uncle Benjamin considered that Tom had ‘everything in his temper and character than can conciliate affections. A good heart, a good mind, good sense and as little to correct in him as ever I saw in one of his age'.
Is it an archaic mode of speaking, I mean this kind of use of than?
Thanks for answering my question.
Great-uncle Benjamin considered that Tom had ‘everything in his temper and character than can conciliate affections. A good heart, a good mind, good sense and as little to correct in him as ever I saw in one of his age'.
Is it an archaic mode of speaking, I mean this kind of use of than?
Thanks for answering my question.
Top answer
Means "that" to me in this context. Perhaps it's a typo.
- Means "that" to me in this context.
- Perhaps it's a typo.
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