http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentDifferentFrom/jmllq/post.htm#814469Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:55:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:814469CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentDifferentFrom/jmllq/post.htm#814469http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-814469.xmlOne of my colleagues at work went to school in England. She is the only one I&#39;ve ever heard in California use &quot;different to&quot;. Around here it sticks out like a sore thumb. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentDifferentFrom/jmllq/post.htm#814312Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:08:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:814312Tanit1http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentDifferentFrom/jmllq/post.htm#814312http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-814312.xmlI guess there is always surprising around the corner. I&#39;ve learned something ... Hi, Same here, as I honestly don&#39;t think I encountered different than in a &quot;serious&quot; book or article before looking it up in the dic.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentDifferentFrom/jmllq/post.htm#814300Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:59:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:814300Goodman2http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentDifferentFrom/jmllq/post.htm#814300http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-814300.xmlThanks Tanit! I guess there is always surprising around the corner. I&#39;ve learned something, although it may not do me any good.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentDifferentFrom/jmllq/post.htm#814291Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:48:17 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:814291Tanit3http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentDifferentFrom/jmllq/post.htm#814291http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-814291.xmlHi, I happen to have come across &quot; different to &quot;, although not as often as &quot; different form &quot;. I think the following extract from the OALD (Oxford Dictionary for Advanced Learners) might help.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentDifferentFrom/jmllq/post.htm#814145Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:41:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:814145Goodman4http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentDifferentFrom/jmllq/post.htm#814145http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-814145.xmlI have never heard &quot;different to&quot; in my llife but &quot;from&quot; and &quot;than&quot; which is used in comparative context.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentDifferentFrom/jmllq/post.htmFri, 10 Jul 2009 15:54:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:814027Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferentDifferentFrom/jmllq/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-814027.xmlWhich is correct different to or different from