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Monday, July 30, 2012
"Different From" and "Different Than"
Different from
is used for simple comparisons.
Michael is
different from
John.
Michael is
different from
the boy he used to be.
Different than
is used before a clause -
especially if the clause is elliptical (referring to an aforementioned context without restating it).
Manila is
different than
I remember it.
It seems so
different than
Tokyo.
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