Then vs Than | Common English Mistakes

Hello guys.

My name is Fanny.

And in this video I'm going to talk to you about a

very common writing mistake.

Now it's not so much a speaking mistake,

but it's a writing - a spelling mistake

that a lot of students make and I want you to fix it.

It's the difference between 'than' t-h-a-n and 'then' t-h-e-n.

Now as you can hear the sound is practically the same,

but the spelling is different.

so you need to know the difference.

Let's take a look at two example sentences.

First we have, "John is taller than Sarah."

So in this case, we have 'than' t-h-a-n.

Which is a word that we use for comparisons okay.

When we want to compare two things.

John is taller than Sarah.

I am more beautiful than you.

Okay?

In this case, you will use t-h-a-n.

Now if we look at the second sentence.

I went to school, then I went home.

Now in this case, 'then' is spelled t-h-e-n

and has a very different meaning.

We use 'then' t-h-e-n as a word to mark a sequence of actions.

Okay.

So it's a time word that we use in English.

"I went to school...

First action.

and then I went home."

Second action.

Okay?

So two different meanings.

Different spellings.

And it's a very common writing mistake.

My students keep making this mistake and it drives me crazy.

Okay?

So I hope that you now know the difference between the two words.

Please be good students - avoid that horrible English mistake,

Thank you very much.

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