than or then?

Blanket · Post by **Blanket** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:26 am

I chat in the net quite often and I noticed one thing. Many people say "rather then", "bigger then". It should be "than" right? I have no idea these people are native or not but I found quite many of them use "then" instead of "than". Correct one is "than", am I right?

haze · Post by **haze** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:42 pm

yes, you're right! It should be "rather than", "bigger than". Maybe it's because of the way how native users pronounce than. Some maybe misheard it as then.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:34 am

Confirmed. 'Than' is correct here.