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Thread #125865   Message #2792109
Posted By: MGM·Lion
19-Dec-09 - 01:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: except/accept- insure/ensure,,,etc.
Subject: RE: BS: except/accept- insure/ensure,,,etc.
Bill D - forgive me; but one which gets to my guts is 'different than', which you have just used. Things differ FROM one another, so 'different from' is the correct usage; 'different to' has a long history as an alternative - I believe that in old usage things could also differ TO one another. But 'different than' a no-no I fear...

(Tho I have noticed that it seems to be catching on in US usage, which of course differs in many ways FROM ours over here, so just maybe...?)