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Anonymous  +  532016 Tue, 24 Jun 08 09:08 PM
Hi, 

I'm having some problems with the two words above...

Any help would be welcome.

Thanks

1) To suggest that we would do anything differently/different is incorrect (I have no idea here!)

2) I would do things differently/different if I had the chance (I think differently)

3) You're not as differently/different from me (I think different)

Thanks again...

Cool Breeze  +  532045 Tue, 24 Jun 08 09:48 PM
 1. Both are correct but mean different things. Differently is an adverb and indicates that something would be done in a different way. Different is an adjective and suggests that whatever might be done would be similar to what was done before.

2. In a different way, in other words only differently is correct.

3. You're not so different from me. Clearly, an adjective is needed.

CB

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Ant_222  +  532047 Tue, 24 Jun 08 09:55 PM
#1 — both will do, but they'd yield different meanings.
To do something differently means to do it in another way.
For exaple: Hey, that's the right answer but you can solve it differenty, in just three lines!
To do something different is... well I suppose you've got it. I means doing another thing.
For example: You've been sitting in fron the TV all day. You better do something different, go make a stroll!
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