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welkins2139
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 Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:30 am Post subject: different to, from, than. |
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When it comes to food, her taste is different to all of us.
My brother is different from me.
The ABC campus is different than Clemson university's.
Different to,from and than, are they the same?
Are they OK?
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asterix
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| Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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| They are all OK and in daily use in English speaking countries. |
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CP
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| Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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Although "different to" is apparently correct in British English, in American English it is not. "Different from" and "different than" are fine in the U.S.A.
Yours truly, CP |
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KazAV
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| Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:45 am Post subject: |
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| In England, we do use different to and different from but never different than. |
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CP
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| Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:21 am Post subject: |
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| Well, as George Bernard Shaw supposedly said, we are two nations separated by a common langage. |
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