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It 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.
It 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.
So which makes more sense when used in the manner described?
This message last edited by The Shrike on 09/11/2017 at 06:54:58 PM
"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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- 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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