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Latest post Fri, Apr 25 2008 5:38 PM by Yoong Liat. 2 replies.
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Anonymous  +  505387 Fri, 25 Apr 08 04:17 PM

Hello!

 

Please, what's the difference between:

-  American soap operas are different from French ones.

- American soap operas are different of French ones.   

By the way what's the difference between different from and different of

 Thank you,

Angella

         

Clive  +  505402 Fri, 25 Apr 08 04:58 PM

Hi,

Please, what's the difference between:

-  American soap operas are different from French ones.

- American soap operas are different of French ones.   

By the way what's the difference between different from and different of

'Different from ' is correct grammar. 

'Different of' is not correct grammar.

People also say 'different than'.

Best wishes, Clive

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Yoong Liat  +  505411 Fri, 25 Apr 08 05:38 PM

Different from is used in both BrE and AmE. Different to is also used in BrE.

In NAmE people also use different than.

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