Hello guys.
My name is Fanny.
And in this video I'm going to talk to you about a
very common writing mistake.
Now it's not so much a speaking mistake,
but it's a writing - a spelling mistake
that a lot of students make and I want you to fix it.
It's the difference between 'than' t-h-a-n and 'then' t-h-e-n.
Now as you can hear the sound is practically the same,
but the spelling is different.
so you need to know the difference.
Let's take a look at two example sentences.
First we have, "John is taller than Sarah."
So in this case, we have 'than' t-h-a-n.
Which is a word that we use for comparisons okay.
When we want to compare two things.
John is taller than Sarah.
I am more beautiful than you.
Okay?
In this case, you will use t-h-a-n.
Now if we look at the second sentence.
I went to school, then I went home.
Now in this case, 'then' is spelled t-h-e-n
and has a very different meaning.
We use 'then' t-h-e-n as a word to mark a sequence of actions.
Okay.
So it's a time word that we use in English.
"I went to school...
First action.
and then I went home."
Second action.
Okay?
So two different meanings.
Different spellings.
And it's a very common writing mistake.
My students keep making this mistake and it drives me crazy.
Okay?
So I hope that you now know the difference between the two words.
Please be good students - avoid that horrible English mistake,
Thank you very much.
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