Hailing from neither said nameless islands, nor the equally nameless former colonies...
Legolas Send a noteboard - 09/11/2017 06:41:43 PM
View original postIt seems that the former is one of a myriad of debased grammatical practices on certain islands which shall remain nameless, including an excessive affection for the letter "u" and a pathological hatred for the letter "z", to the point that not only do they fail to spell many words properly with it, they refuse to name it out loud, calling it "zed". But I digress. Those are just preferences which may be attributed to inbreeding or local parasites or allergens or something. Using "to" instead of "from" would seem to be completely opposite meanings, as that is the literal denotation of those words.
View original postSo which makes more sense when used in the manner described?
I would say 'different from'. Can't immediately think of any contexts where I'd use 'different to', which does look weird. On the other points mentioned, it varies. We get so much exposure to both kinds of English here, that almost nobody is any good at consistently picking one or the other, we always end up with some kind of mid-Atlantic. I would say I'm generally in favour of both the letter u and the letter z, in the respective contexts you describe.
"Different to" or "different from"? Discuss
09/11/2017 05:29:38 PM
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Hailing from neither said nameless islands, nor the equally nameless former colonies...
09/11/2017 06:41:43 PM
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An answer.
09/11/2017 06:54:32 PM
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Despite what the link says, I prefer 'from" or "than."
09/11/2017 07:35:36 PM
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I think I say 'than'
09/11/2017 07:41:45 PM
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The pronunciation of "colonel" isn't a Brit/American english thing, is it?
09/11/2017 07:59:27 PM
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Regarding your inside statement - Not for an Anglophile
09/11/2017 08:22:44 PM
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I don't believe there's a colonel of truth in what you've just written
09/11/2017 08:51:00 PM
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Just say "different then" [sic] and irritate everyone *NM*
09/11/2017 08:48:40 PM
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then than same thing
10/11/2017 02:26:37 PM
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No. They don't have the same meaning and can radically change a sentence's meaning.
10/11/2017 05:34:16 PM
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can you explain that in more detail?
11/11/2017 12:23:41 AM
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Here - I have done it for you.
12/11/2017 03:06:00 PM
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maybe you could define sarcasm
13/11/2017 04:09:40 PM
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You're welcome.
13/11/2017 05:24:33 PM
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No you really should have know I was kidding so you run along *NM*
14/11/2017 02:11:22 AM
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I found the article in the sidebar on the October Revolution quite amusing *NM*
09/11/2017 08:48:07 PM
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Can I understand what you're saying/writing? That's all I really need.
10/11/2017 03:32:47 PM
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