Then vs Than Difference, Usage, Meaning, Grammar, Pronunciation with English Sentence Examples

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Hello guys.
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āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ°āĻž.
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My name is Fanny.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻĢā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
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And in this video I'm going to talk to you about a
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āĻ¤ā§‡,
āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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very common writing mistake.
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Now it's not so much a speaking mistake,
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āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ,
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but it's a writing - a spelling mistake
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that a lot of students make  and I want you to fix it.
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āĻ¯āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
00:17
It's the difference between 'than' t-h-a-n and 'then' t-h-e-n.
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Now as you can hear the sound  is practically the same,
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00:29
but the spelling is different.
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so you need to know the difference.
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Let's take a look at two example sentences.
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00:38
First we have, "John is taller than Sarah."
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, "āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĨ¤"
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So in this case, we have 'than' t-h-a-n.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž 'āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨' āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
00:48
Which is a word that we use for comparisons okay.
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00:52
When we want to compare two things.
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00:55
John is taller than Sarah.
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I am more beautiful than you.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĨ¤
01:00
Okay?
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡?
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In this case, you will use t-h-a-n.
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āĻāĻ‡ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡, āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ than āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤
01:05
Now if we look at the second sentence.
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01:08
I went to school, then I went home.
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Now in this case, 'then' is spelled t-h-e-n
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āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡, 'āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨' āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ°
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and has a very different meaning.
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We use 'then' t-h-e-n as a word to mark a sequence of actions.
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Okay.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡.
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So it's a time word that we use in English.
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01:30
"I went to school...
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First action.
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01:34
and then I went home."
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Second action.
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āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĨ¤
01:38
Okay?
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡?
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So two different meanings.
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āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻĻā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĨ¤
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Different spellings.
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And it's a very common writing mistake.
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My students keep making this mistake and it drives me crazy.
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Okay?
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01:50
So I hope that you now know the  difference between the two words.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡?
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻļāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤
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Please be good students - avoid that horrible English mistake,
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02:00
Thank you very much.
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02:06
Thank you guys for watching my video.
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āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›āĻŋ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ.
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I hope you liked it.
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02:09
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02:12
Click 'like'.
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'āĻ˛āĻžāĻ‡āĻ•' āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02:13
Subscribe to the channel.
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02:14
Put your comments below.
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02:16
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02:17
See you.
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