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diegantobass@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoAs a non-native speaker of english, I can’t get my head around this grammatical mistake. Than and then are completely different!
Comment on Stat of the day
diegantobass@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoAs a non-native speaker of english, I can’t get my head around this grammatical mistake. Than and then are completely different!
faltryka@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This is a common mistake for many native English speakers and highlights the different challenges in speaking a language and writing a language.
In many regions of the US for example, “than” and “then” are often pronounced exactly the same.
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 4 weeks ago
Maybe Americans should quit teaching their children dialects that damage their ability to spell.
erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
You from New Zealand? Look in the mirror and say “can’t”.
faltryka@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s not really how language… or humans… or culture… work.