Quote: Originally posted by etp2021 on 7/20/2009
Plague this might be the saddest thread I have ever seen. Do you really not have anything better to do in your life then this?
Can't you write English better than this?
"Then" is an adverb that establishes an order of time, position, narration or enumeration. "Than" is a conjunction that introduces the second element of an unequal comparison. The two words, though similar in appearance, are not synonymous.