Why do some people use the words than and then in place of each other?
For example;
"I WILL GO THAN" or "I HAVE MORE THEN YOU".
I personally get really annoyed at this but I cant go on about it too much so am just wondering about others opinions on this.
Answers:
Than it can be said that know won or too answers can be better then another won. Ware have you seen this happen? Their must be another weigh two prove this because no to words in English sound the same. I am not shore what ewe mean! ! Good thing we have spell check sew we don't make mistakes like others wood! I hope I was able two shed some lite on it four ewe. LOL Are ewe annoyed yet? Than I better stop now!
dunno didint learn grammer in school
Its a simple mistake to make, sounds the same and everyone makes a mistake now and a again. Noones perfect! (LOL!)
That is just dialect
Those are two words that can confuse people. It's pretty easy to get the two mixed up, as they sound pretty much alike unless you're going on the 'a' in than.
For instance, try saying, "Then I shall go." Now try, "You have more than me." Say like you're a normal person though, not like you're just trying to say I'm wrong. Actually try it, and when you speak at your normal speed, you'll see that than and then sound almost exactly alike.
It's also irritating when people don't know the difference between your and you're. It's more important to focus on the meaning than the spelling. Enjoy your week-end!
Well, I asked myself the same thing when I went to Australia. A lot of people make this mistake there, I think it has something to do with the way people pronounce words, their accent. I also noticed that a lot of people make this mistake in America but very few make it in England where people pronounce it "than" rather than "then" (like they do in Australia and America).
I've noticed that to I guess there mixed up.
Most people do not speak properly. Its the way words are pronounced that makes it sounds like something else.
Yes, it's annoying but the main reason people do that is, the two words sound alike when you're speaking. No one says "better than," so that "than" rhymes with "fan." The word always comes out sounding like "then."
An even bigger bother to me is when people use "that" in place of "than." "One is better THAT the other." Gives me the shivers.
As you probably know, there are TONS of other dumb word errors that people make constantly. As long as you know you're using the right words, it puts you ahead of the game.
Because these days nobody cares about correct grammar. I also find such things particularly annoying. Another one is when people say "nothink" instead of nothing (even simon cowell) or use f instead of th, as in needle and fred. It just makes them look ignorant. I'm glad someone else feels the same as I do about this! lol :)
"Then" and "Than" is only the tip of the iceberg!! There are way more that get me going too.
Could it just be a typo / being lazy?
.like the questioner's penchant for omitting apostrophes and even whole words! eg:
"cant" should be "can't",
"so am just wondering" should be "so I am just wondering"
"others" should be "others' "
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"I WILL GO THAN" or "I HAVE MORE THEN YOU".
I personally get really annoyed at this but I cant go on about it too much so am just wondering about others opinions on this.
Answers:
Than it can be said that know won or too answers can be better then another won. Ware have you seen this happen? Their must be another weigh two prove this because no to words in English sound the same. I am not shore what ewe mean! ! Good thing we have spell check sew we don't make mistakes like others wood! I hope I was able two shed some lite on it four ewe. LOL Are ewe annoyed yet? Than I better stop now!
dunno didint learn grammer in school
Its a simple mistake to make, sounds the same and everyone makes a mistake now and a again. Noones perfect! (LOL!)
That is just dialect
Those are two words that can confuse people. It's pretty easy to get the two mixed up, as they sound pretty much alike unless you're going on the 'a' in than.
For instance, try saying, "Then I shall go." Now try, "You have more than me." Say like you're a normal person though, not like you're just trying to say I'm wrong. Actually try it, and when you speak at your normal speed, you'll see that than and then sound almost exactly alike.
It's also irritating when people don't know the difference between your and you're. It's more important to focus on the meaning than the spelling. Enjoy your week-end!
Well, I asked myself the same thing when I went to Australia. A lot of people make this mistake there, I think it has something to do with the way people pronounce words, their accent. I also noticed that a lot of people make this mistake in America but very few make it in England where people pronounce it "than" rather than "then" (like they do in Australia and America).
I've noticed that to I guess there mixed up.
Most people do not speak properly. Its the way words are pronounced that makes it sounds like something else.
Yes, it's annoying but the main reason people do that is, the two words sound alike when you're speaking. No one says "better than," so that "than" rhymes with "fan." The word always comes out sounding like "then."
An even bigger bother to me is when people use "that" in place of "than." "One is better THAT the other." Gives me the shivers.
As you probably know, there are TONS of other dumb word errors that people make constantly. As long as you know you're using the right words, it puts you ahead of the game.
Because these days nobody cares about correct grammar. I also find such things particularly annoying. Another one is when people say "nothink" instead of nothing (even simon cowell) or use f instead of th, as in needle and fred. It just makes them look ignorant. I'm glad someone else feels the same as I do about this! lol :)
"Then" and "Than" is only the tip of the iceberg!! There are way more that get me going too.
Could it just be a typo / being lazy?
.like the questioner's penchant for omitting apostrophes and even whole words! eg:
"cant" should be "can't",
"so am just wondering" should be "so I am just wondering"
"others" should be "others' "
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