Comment on You can't win the game, it exists only to destroy your mindparentComments−B5geek11yI'm going to assume you are a grammar Nazi of the American variety.thEn is a correct and acceptable spelling in Canada.###########As I was typing this up I was looking for references to back up statement. BUT I was wrong. (damn my 4rd grade english teacher!)I was taught that the two words were grammatically the same it was just a difference in US vs 'British/Canadian' spelling. (i.e. grey vs gray)So, please ignore my indignant reply. (Which I left in for reference.)For future versions of myself who will make this mistake again:THAN = a comparisonGolf balls are smaller THAN bowling balls.THEN = a statement relating to time.I went golfing THEN bowling.http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/than http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/then−klipt11yHahaha, oh wow, that's hilarious!Glad you learned something today :-) http://xkcd.com/1053/−mikeash11yAmusingly, "so much warmer then DDOS'd" could be used to describe what happened to this server.−ozh11yFor the record, I'm just a non English speaker and it's really painful for us strangers to see things like this after so many years spent learning "academic" English :)Kudos on leaving your statement in full transparency anyway :)−skj11yI would never trust a 4th grade English teacher for any advice on grammar or spelling.−B5geek11yWell, I must admit to the possibility that I just wasn't paying attention and this 'wrong' rule was just shit I made up./me has disgraced the entire Canadian education system, or has just highlighted his own ignorance.
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I'm going to assume you are a grammar Nazi of the American variety.
thEn is a correct and acceptable spelling in Canada.
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As I was typing this up I was looking for references to back up statement. BUT I was wrong. (damn my 4rd grade english teacher!)
I was taught that the two words were grammatically the same it was just a difference in US vs 'British/Canadian' spelling. (i.e. grey vs gray)
So, please ignore my indignant reply. (Which I left in for reference.)
For future versions of myself who will make this mistake again:
THAN = a comparison
Golf balls are smaller THAN bowling balls.
THEN = a statement relating to time.
I went golfing THEN bowling.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/than http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/then
Hahaha, oh wow, that's hilarious!
Glad you learned something today :-) http://xkcd.com/1053/
Amusingly, "so much warmer then DDOS'd" could be used to describe what happened to this server.
For the record, I'm just a non English speaker and it's really painful for us strangers to see things like this after so many years spent learning "academic" English :)
Kudos on leaving your statement in full transparency anyway :)
I would never trust a 4th grade English teacher for any advice on grammar or spelling.
Well, I must admit to the possibility that I just wasn't paying attention and this 'wrong' rule was just shit I made up.
/me has disgraced the entire Canadian education system, or has just highlighted his own ignorance.