When should you use "then" and when "than"?
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00:00 When Should You Use &Quot;Then&Quot; And When &Quot;Than&Quot;?
00:43 Answer 1 Score 4
00:58 Accepted Answer Score 8
02:10 Answer 3 Score 0
02:45 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 8
Because I'm older than she, I should be the first chosen.
I loved her and then she died.
If it rains, then it pours.
I've had more than enough.
Would you rather be a mouse than a rat?
Who, other than you, likes the color red?
When there is a comparison, you use than; then means:
- at that time; at the time in question: I was living in Cairo then | [after preposition] Phoebe by then was exhausted | [as adjective] a hotel where the then prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, was staying.
- after that; next; afterward: she won the first and then the second game.
- also; in addition: I'm paid a generous salary, and then there's the money I've made at the races.
- in that case; therefore: if you do what I tell you, then there's nothing to worry about | well, that's okay then.
- used at the end of a sentence to emphasize an inference being drawn: so you're still here, then.
- used to finish off a conversation: see you in an hour, then.
(See also the definition of then given in the Oxford Living Dictionaries.)
ANSWER 2
Score 4
Two corrections:
- I’ve had more than enough.
- Would you rather be a mouse than a rat?
Both “rather . . . than . . .” and “more than” are fixed expressions.
ANSWER 3
Score 0
Then is time related, like you said. It divides two (or more) occurrences. Example below.
Jack went to the shop, then he went to his grandmother.
Than is a word we use when comparing something. If something is more or less than something else. Examples below.
Jack is stronger than Cole.
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Cole is weaker than Jack.
Also, then is always preceded by a comma or an "and" (unless you're speaking about the word itself). Than is never preceded by a comma.
Hope I was clear enough.