I still get confused between "then" and "than"!!!
By amirev777
@amirev777 (4117)
India
January 4, 2019 4:30am CST
When I was a school going kid, I used to get confused between "b" and "d", which I was later able to get over, with some practice. But nowadays I find that I still get confused between "than" and "then". As you know "then" is commonly used to express a sense of time or what comes next or used to be, whereas "than" is used to form comparisons between two things. have you ever faced such issues?
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@Aquitaine24 (12000)
• San Jose, California
4 Jan 19
I remember learning the difference between than and then.
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
4 Jan 19
@Aquitaine24 Yes, because pronunciation is same.
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Can't recollect any such silly mistakes at present.@Sreekala (34312)
• India
4 Jan 19
@amirev777 Don't you think it is fun at present?
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@amirev777 (4117)
• India
4 Jan 19
@Sreekala Fun regarding what? Learning difference between than and then?
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
4 Jan 19
I will give you examples using both these words
Than
You are better than me.
I like myLot better than Forum Coin
Do you love your father more than your mother?
Then
She visited us and then went shopping
I ate my food and then watched a movie
It rained and it then turned cold
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
4 Jan 19
@myklj999 For you it is a joke but do you know many native speakers here do not know the difference?
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
4 Jan 19
@myklj999 Not just these two words. Here at myLot as you say there are other places too.such as to and too, instead of used to they will say use to, then there is there and their..............They start learning phonetically from their parents and people around while we get a formal grounding
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
4 Jan 19
@amirev777
I had trouble with something here and for 5 years I tried to figure it out and then felt stupid when i did.
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
4 Jan 19
No, but the auto spell on smart phone faces such issues and changes my words without telling me
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