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how do you feel about different from v different than
| Impertinent den | 12/17/14 |
| blue chad | 12/17/14 |
| Impertinent den | 12/17/14 |
| obsidian exciting party of the first part | 12/17/14 |
| Impertinent den | 12/19/14 |
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Date: December 17th, 2014 11:25 PM Author: Impertinent den (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2759721&forum_id=2#26953428) |
Date: December 17th, 2014 11:26 PM Author: blue chad fromPIG here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2759721&forum_id=2#26953443) |
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Date: December 17th, 2014 11:27 PM Author: Impertinent den (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2759721&forum_id=2#26953444) |
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Date: December 17th, 2014 11:35 PM Author: obsidian exciting party of the first part Depends on the context. Rule of thumb is for fashion, construction, and architecture, use "from." For food, horticulture, and racing, use "than." Anything else is at your discretion.
So:
* His multi-hued Chesterfield coats were different from season to season.
* He knew upon tasting the Jovian soil that this meal would be different than the rest.
* There on the surface of the egg, emerging from its broken shell, was a creature so different from / than [see here how either use is acceptable] what had been planned two years before that the Committee chairman gave a surprised shout.
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Date: December 19th, 2014 1:01 AM Author: Impertinent den a scholar (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2759721&forum_id=2#26960541) |