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Klavier
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Thu, 03 Mar 05 04:05 PM
Hello.
What's the difference between other than and different than?
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Andrei
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Thu, 03 Mar 05 05:29 PM
What is the context? Both could be used in a sentence.
My new car is different than the old car.
Some years ago, a good friend of mine was hospitalised and I told him I would come and visit him at the hospital. We were best friends and shared many values together.
He said'' I wouldn't like to have any visiors other than my wife and daughter''.
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pieanne
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Thu, 03 Mar 05 05:30 PM
I'd say that "different than" doesn't exist! It's "different from"...
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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...
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Klavier
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Fri, 04 Mar 05 12:01 AM
You're right, pieanne, sorry. Well, again, I guess that different from can replace other than, but other than cannot replace different from, am I right?
We provide information in languages other than English.
We provide information in languages different from English.
Mr. Smith was certainly different from other people.
Mr. Smith was certainly other than other people. ??
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Andrei,
4 yr 263 days ago
I urge one of our experts to add some comments on this.
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maverick88
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Fri, 04 Mar 05 07:56 PM
Definition by Webster of 'other than' as a prep.:
=With the exception of : EXCEPT FOR, BESIDES
According to this definition 'Mr. Smith was certainly other than other people' sounds kinda weird (if it sounds at all), doesn't it?
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Klavier
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Sat, 05 Mar 05 03:12 PM
What about this:
We provide information in languages other than English.
We provide information in languages different from English.
When we have other than, can we always use different from, as a substitute?
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pieanne
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Mon, 07 Mar 05 04:07 PM
1. Our informations are available in English AND other languages
2. Our informations are available in languages that show differences when compared to English
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