Sunday, February 7, 2010

Feb07Art


Feb07Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

I was going to write on the black board, one of my grammar pet peeves.... people who use 'then' incorrectly in a sentence. Education these days obviously doesn't care much for grammar and writing skills... and so people say and/or write 'then' when they should have used the word 'than'. Then is used for TIME and is an adverb... so for example you might say "do step one, THEN do step two". Than is a conjunction, and is used as a comparison between two items. I like mustard better THAN mayonnaise.

1 comment:

  1. I can't, for the life of me, understand how people mix those two up. Doesn't it sound wrong coming out of their mouths?

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