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	Glee  #102002  Mon, 23 May 05 01:58 AM I'm posting my note of gratitude. Thank you all. I've learned so much.    Glee Joined on Thu, Mar 17 2005 New Member (49)

	woodcutter  #102008  Mon, 23 May 05 03:13 AM I'm not sure you've learned what you really needed to know! The nitty gritty of the OPs original question is that "from" is not happily followed by "our parents do". I suspect this is because "from" must be followed by a noun or noun-phrase, and 'our parents do' does not qualify. ('than' can be followed by a verb)    woodcutter Joined on Wed, Dec 8 2004 Junior Member (96)
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	Glee  #102295  Tue, 24 May 05 04:19 AM Thank you, Woodcutter. Yes, I've indeed learned what I need to know. I know that FROM can be used only when the sentence is rephrased "We may want different things for ourselves FROM what our parents do." In that case, FROM is "happily" followed by a noun clause. But, I do need to know what the noun phrase NITTY GRITTY means.    Glee
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	woodcutter  #102301  Tue, 24 May 05 05:25 AM The essential matter, the real stuff!    woodcutter

	Maripinky  #102355  Tue, 24 May 05 11:59 AM What about "different to"? Today I've read a piece of news about someone demanding a DNA test and I found this sentence: "But Ben’s father Ian, 38, said: “You’ve only to take one look at Lita now to know it’s impossible. She is clearly different to my son.”    Maripinky Joined on Mon, May 2 2005 Spain Junior Member (54)

	pieanne  #102356  Tue, 24 May 05 12:01 PM No, no, no! Not "different to"! Maybe "indifferent to"?    pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member (7,512) I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

	abbie1948  #102359  Tue, 24 May 05 12:14 PM As a child in school, I was taught "different from" - because you are going from something (i.e. it is not the same) similar to - because you are going towards (ie something is like something else)    abbie1948 Joined on Thu, Mar 24 2005 England Senior Member (2,657) Hope that helps. Abbie

	MrPedantic  #102375  Tue, 24 May 05 01:46 PM I'd be hard pressed to find an objection to 'different to'. It's by no means a new formation. And every 'from' is a 'to' in reverse... MrP    MrPedantic Joined on Wed, Oct 13 2004 Veteran Member (12,142) ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	abbie1948  #102382  Tue, 24 May 05 02:30 PM I think Pieanne and I must have had the same teacher!!    abbie1948