Okay, some who know me have seen me post my confusion over ‘than’ being replaced with ‘then’.
ie: “It was greater THAN I had expected” is often written as “It was greater THEN I had expected”
or as noticed in Google’s SketchUp tips today, “Looking around Google Earth is more fun then a winning spree of solitaire and it looks more productive to your boss too.”
There’s the use of THEN when THAN should be used again.
From what I recall, THEN is used as a pronoun for time, not as a comparitive remark.
Is this a new example of how English being trashed by those who have never been corrected or is it that so many people make the same mistake that it has now become acceptable English. A real pet peeve…not as bad as saying you COULD care less though (shivers up spine)…that is becoming more and more annoying.
So, what is it?
“Looking around Google Earth is more fun then a winning spree” or is it
“Looking around Google Earth is more fun than a winning spree”
Has than now become then?
