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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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You are different to how I expected it to be.

Is the sentence below correct and natural?

"You are different to how I expected you to be."
  

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No, it is not correct. ”

  • No, it is not correct.
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No, it is not correct. “You are different from how I expected you to be.”
If it were the reverse, it would be “You are similar to how I expected you to be.”
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Anonymous Is the sentence below correct and natural? "You are different to how I expected you to be."
It's OK. "different to" is British English; it's rarely heard in American English. "different from" is preferred in AmE.

I'd say: You're not what I expected. or You're different from what I expected. You don't really need the whole c
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Thank you. I have one more question:

"The house is different to how I expected it to be." Is it correct?
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Anonymous"The house is different to how I expected it to be." Is it correct?
Yes, but as I mentioned, Americans say "from" instead of "to".

CJ

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