Deciding between then and than is harder than any other grammatical decision.

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Jun 29, 2020
9:29:49am

ZacSeljaas'Stache Starter

Until you hit the second grade

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ZacSeljaas'Stache

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Author

Time

POLL: Then or Than

crimedog

6/29/20 9:28am

I use the correct word.

JuicyJam

6/29/20 9:29am

Than you are doing it wrong

Cougar-Duck

6/29/20 9:42am

Other then the times he's doing it right.

SpiffCoug

6/29/20 9:43am

*your

Styro

6/29/20 9:55am

Deciding between then and than is harder than any other grammatical decision.

ZacSeljaas'Stache

6/29/20 9:29am

No it isn't.

Squeegee

6/29/20 9:31am

I seriously don't remember ever struggling with it.

Belboz

6/29/20 9:41am

You mean harder “then” any other grammatical decision...

cruiserhead

6/29/20 9:51am

Lol. No one reads the body.

SWKTDweller

6/29/20 9:51am

It got edited.

Tokolosh

6/29/20 10:11am

Ah. Missed that.

SWKTDweller

6/29/20 10:16am

Jive vs Jibe

Odysseus

6/29/20 9:59am

crimedog is right. It's a made up word used to trick students

shakavaka

6/29/20 9:31am

Huh? They're 2 completely different words. The very question makes absolutely no sense.

Byron McNertney

6/29/20 9:32am

Seriously. It's like choosing between jam and gem. Sure they sound similar, but they're completely different.

KingDave

6/29/20 9:47am

I know they are. I am saying I always type Then. with out fail

crimedog

6/29/20 10:13am

What is your strategy for effect vs affect?

JuicyJam

6/29/20 9:36am

RE: What is your strategy for effect vs affect?

Hypnotoad

6/29/20 9:37am

To use each correctly. I mean, do we need to overthink this?

Tokolosh

6/29/20 9:41am

I'm also interested in the there, their, they're discussion

Frank Castiglione

6/29/20 9:38am

their their, it'll be alright.

Cougarclaw

6/29/20 9:40am

Again or Against?

Belboz

6/29/20 9:41am

Different words. Then is a sequence. Than is a comparison.

annapcoug

6/29/20 9:49am

My favorite is when people say they enjoy being apart of said organization.

fldnstrm

6/29/20 10:01am

What is your position on randomly capitalizing the word "type?"

Scratch

6/29/20 10:21am

IT'S JUST EASIER TO CAPITALIZE EVERYTHING.

crimedog

6/29/20 10:34am

The English language is stupid anyway.

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