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why do i never know when to use "than" vs "then"
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than is used when comparing
then is used in reference to time
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then –adverb
1. at that time: Prices were lower then.
2. immediately or soon afterward: The rain stopped and then started again.
3. next in order of time: We ate, then we started home.
4. at the same time: At first the water seemed blue, then gray.
5. next in order of place: Standing beside Charlie is my uncle, then my cousin, then my brother.
6. in addition; besides; also: I love my job, and then it pays so well.
7. in that case; as a consequence; in those circumstances: If you're sick, then you should stay in bed.
8. since that is so; as it appears; therefore: You have, then, found the mistake? You are leaving tonight then.
–adjective 9. being; being such; existing or being at the time indicated: the then prime minister.
–noun 10. that time: We have not been back since then. Till then, farewell.
—Idioms11. but then, but on the other hand: I found their conversation very dull, but then I have different tastes.
12. then and there, at that precise time and place; at once; on the spot: I started to pack my things right then and there. Also, there and then.
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im smarter then you steve please explain
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Could be worse, you could be Vogan or Druida
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than –conjunction
1. (used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison): She's taller than I am.
2. (used after some adverbs and adjectives expressing choice or diversity, such as other, otherwise, else, anywhere, or different, to introduce an alternative or denote a difference in kind, place, style, identity, etc.): I had no choice other than that. You won't find such freedom anywhere else than in this country.
3. (used to introduce the rejected choice in expressions of preference): I'd rather walk than drive there.
4. except; other than: We had no choice than to return home.
5. when: We had barely arrived than we had to leave again.
–preposition 6. in relation to; by comparison with (usually fol. by a pronoun in the objective case): He is a person than whom I can imagine no one more courteous.
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Just remember, A before E except after C and you should be fine
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tell me why always want to spell together like this --- togather
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anyway...
Affect is a verb
"It will affect him"
Effect is a conjunction
"That was the effect on him"
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my 12th grade english teacher was a badass and taught the shit out of this better than anyone ive ever seen
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WIAT SO LIEK HOW DOES I USE TOO TO AND 2
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if you say than then you are a faggot
only difference
true story. ask webster.
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at least your spelling is better then* bruces