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Spelling Errors! Its LOSE not LOOSE
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What really pisses me off is that no one seems to know the difference between the words "then" and "than"
Then is used when there is an order involved. "First I eat, then I play video games."
Than is used as either a comparison, or in a conditional statement (aka, if, than statement). "My pen is bigger than yours", or "If I drink too much, than I will wake up with a hangover".
*edit: Apparently, my english 110 teacher was not entirely correct. I just checked this with the dictionary, and apparently the conditional statement "if, then" is infact then, and not than. Than is used in comparison, exception and conjunction.
but nevertheless, many people still use the wrong one in many cases.
Then is used when there is an order involved. "First I eat, then I play video games."
Than is used as either a comparison, or in a conditional statement (aka, if, than statement). "My pen is bigger than yours", or "If I drink too much, than I will wake up with a hangover".
*edit: Apparently, my english 110 teacher was not entirely correct. I just checked this with the dictionary, and apparently the conditional statement "if, then" is infact then, and not than. Than is used in comparison, exception and conjunction.
but nevertheless, many people still use the wrong one in many cases.
I've never noticed people getting that one wrong. But you are probably correct, and now I'm going to notice it!plinkoman said:
This paragraph from 2003 must really piss everyone off:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~mattd/Cmabrigde/
I want to say more, but I'm afraid to type now. Thanks guys.
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~mattd/Cmabrigde/
I want to say more, but I'm afraid to type now. Thanks guys.
