Minichan

Topic: preposition choice

boof started this discussion 4 years ago #106,740

different fruits

Poll option	Votes	Percentage	Graph
apples are different from oranges	2	40%
apples are different than oranges	1	20%
apples are different to oranges	1	20%
apples are different by oranges	1	20%

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 4 years ago, 53 minutes later[^] [v] #1,199,594

Dragon fruits have spines.

(Edited 8 seconds later.)

shelly joined in and replied with this 4 years ago, 5 minutes later, 59 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,199,595

than would make more sense if it were a quantitative comparison and the other two don't work so

from

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 4 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,199,596

than is always correct in US English I think,

shelly replied with this 4 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,199,597

@previous (D)
no

Anonymous D replied with this 4 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,199,598

@previous (shelly)
oh?

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 4 years ago, 25 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,199,601

To.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 4 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,199,602

Than. Thanks.