Jack went to the shop, then he went to his grandmother. Than is a word we use when comparing something. If something is more or less than something else. Examples below. Jack is stronger than Cole. . Cole is weaker than Jack. Also, then is always preceded by a comma or an "and" (unless you're speaking about the word itself). Than is never ...

Jun 24, 2011 · Then is pronounced /ðen/ and than is usually pronounced /ðən/. The Merriam-Webster dictionary claims there is a strong form of than pronounced /ðæn/, but it is rarely used, and I am not entirely sure that I believe them; the speech processing center in my brain believes that /ðɪn/ is the strong form of than ; it may depend on the dialect.

Mar 28, 2017 · Than is a special-use word; it only occurs in special constructions like the comparative (holier than thou). Then , however, is a part of the grammatical paradigms; it's a time-word related to the time-word when the same way the place-word there is related to the place-words where and here .

Apr 16, 2014 · "Rather than" is coordinating. "Instead of" is subordinating. As the above examples indicate, while the distinction when it's a matter of nouns or adverbs might be moot, the verb forms on either side of "rather than" are the same, while "instead of" takes a participle.

Mar 23, 2018 · Then: subsequently, in addition Next: consequently Finally: to conclude, to summarize. If your sentences and paragraphs are written in active voice, and they are tightly constructed, your reader will follow your sequence easily, without need for …

Mar 1, 2011 · Not every then/than swap will have two interpretations though — sometimes swapping will just lead to a broken sentence. – Kosmonaut Commented Mar 1, 2011 at 15:34

You use 'than', not 'then' while comparing anything (not only time) in this fashion. Eg. "He is greater than 6 ft." "He always scores better than you." So, "I have been here for less than six months." is correct.

Feb 28, 2015 · From then on does not give that kind of meaning that from the very moment, they lived alone. However, there is a possibility, that in certain situations, from then on can be taken to mean from that moment until another, when used along with other words. For example: From then on until the day they (did something), the two children live alone...

Nov 14, 2015 · Here, in roughly half a page of text, Baxter uses then for than seven times. And yet elsewhere in the book he uses then for then and than for than most of the time. It is really quite mysterious. Baxter is by no means unusual among writers in the era before Samuel Johnson in his tendency to drift between then and than as the mood strike him ...

Apr 24, 2017 · The first "then" means "at that time", and refers to when you'll speak again. The second means "in that case" , which implicitly refers to whatever was established by the preceding dialogue. Because the two instances of the word have completely different senses, there's absolutely nothing unusual about the repetition.