Here’s a pair of homonyms I often see badly battered by
abuse on the internet. “Then” is a measurement of time, used to put two events
into their proper chronological order: “I went to the store, and then I went to
the bank.”
“Than” is used to compare two things: “I would rather go
swimming than do errands.”
Remember them this way: “then” and “when” are spelled almost
the same, while “than” and “compare” both have an “a” in them.
~Marie
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