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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread What's the difference? #92115 01/15/2003 11:13 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK A document just received from an American company contains the phrase “This was different than the one we inspected for you last month”. Is ‘different than’ commonly used in the USA? I would normally use ‘different from’ and have seen ‘different to’ used, but ‘different than’ is new to me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted What's the difference? dxb 01/15/2003 11:13 AM Re: What's the difference? Faldage 01/15/2003 11:21 AM Re: What's the difference? Bean 01/15/2003 12:31 PM Re: What's the difference? Jackie 01/15/2003 5:05 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/15/2003 5:16 PM Re: What's the difference? modestgoddess 01/15/2003 5:19 PM Re: What's the difference? Jackie 01/15/2003 5:26 PM Recast, recast, recast TEd Remington 01/17/2003 12:57 AM Re: Recast Shmecast Faldage 01/18/2003 1:09 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 Topics13,917 Posts230,538 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,330 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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