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Monday Muddle: than, then

LC February 1, 2021 Monday Muddle

“I would rather have the cookie than the cake” does not mean the same as “I would rather have the cookie then the cake”.

Monday Muddle: than: (conj, prep) used to link two parts of a comparison; used with ‘more', 'less', and 'fewer’ to indicate amounts (a group of more than 10 people); used to state a preference between two objects then: (adv) next; afterward; at a specified time
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