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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Different from or different than? #50440 12/21/01 01:14 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 I would have bet a silk pajama that in U.S. speech and writing, the percentage of "than" is vastly higher than the above-cited source claims. However, a google-search indicates the following numbers of entries for the phrases indicated: "different from": 2,750,000 (66%) "different to" : 364,000 (9%) "different than": 1,030,000 (25%) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Different from or different than? Faldage 12/20/01 09:02 PM Re: Different from or different than? TEd Remington 12/20/01 09:31 PM Re: Different from or different than? tsuwm 12/20/01 09:51 PM Re: Different from or different than? Keiva 12/21/01 01:14 AM Re: Different from or different than? Faldage 12/21/01 02:04 AM Re: Different from or different than? doc_comfort 12/21/01 04:25 AM Re: Different from or different than? maverick 02/11/05 02:31 PM Re: Different from or different than? tsuwm 02/11/05 02:52 PM Re: Different from or different than? maverick 02/11/05 02:59 PM Re: Different from or different than? Vernon Compton 02/11/05 08:06 PM Re: Different from or different than? themilum 02/11/05 10:48 PM Re: Different from or different than? themilum 02/11/05 03:20 PM Re: Different from or different than? tsuwm 02/11/05 03:33 PM Re: Different from or different than? themilum 02/11/05 04:11 PM Re: Different from or different than? maverick 02/11/05 04:36 PM Re: Different from or different than? Wordwind 02/11/05 04:47 PM Re: Different from or different than? themilum 02/11/05 07:56 PM Re: Different from or different than? Faldage 02/11/05 10:48 PM Re: Different from or different than? Wordwind 02/12/05 12:59 AM Re: wrinkle, wrinkle, litttle brain maverick 02/12/05 01:10 AM Re: wrinkle, wrinkle, litttle brain themilum 02/12/05 02:24 AM Re: wrinkle, wrinkle, litttle stars & stripes maverick 02/12/05 11:34 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,919 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 743 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,910 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,948 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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