2011年6月24日 · Developed from the adverb then, and not distinguished from it in spelling until c.1700. The earliest use is in W.Gmc. comparative forms, i.e. bigger than (cf. Du. dan, Ger. denn), which suggests a semantic development from the demonstrative sense of then: A is bigger than B, evolving from A is bigger, then ("after that") B.

2016年10月21日 · Some comparisons use different prepositions: different itself uses to and from as well as than. But than and as don't flip. The sentence you quote looks like a comparison of inequality; but the twice is a quantifier just like the negators ( not ) in my "answer" examples, and like those negators it takes the entire construction in its scope:

When then joins the halves of the predicate, a comma is usually required; only 8 percent of the Panel approved of She took a slice of pie then left. Though the repeated subject is deleted in this example, the accepted role of then as a coordinator is spelled out. She took a slice of pie, then she left is not too far from the example sentence.

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. . 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 ...

2015年10月14日 · It would be spoken more than. This construction talks about which of the two is said more often. It means the same as: It would be spoken more often than; It would be spoken more commonly than; It would be spoken with greater frequency than; Using than creates a frequency relation in this case. It compares the incidence rates of the subject and ...

'your mind is made up, then?' Another example is using this meaning : 1: At that time. 'Come at noon; I'll be ready then.' The Macmillan dictionary describes the meaning of the OP's question directly: 3.b: As a result. (SPOKEN, used at the end of a question when you think something must be true because of what has just been said.)

The rather than construction can also be used to compare two verbal phrases instead of two nouns, and in this case the construction may be split: 2c. I would rather do X than [do] Y. eg, I would rather eat ice cream than broccoli. 2d. I would rather V X than V Y. eg, I would rather eat ice cream than be boiled in oil.

2014年4月16日 · "Rather than" is coordinating. "Instead of" is subordinating. As the above examples indicate, while the distinction when it's a matter of nouns or adverbs might be moot, the verb forms on either side of "rather than" are the same, while "instead of" takes a participle.

Then and than have two different grammatical functions:. Then (/ðen/) is an adverb and it is used to express a temporal relationship between two or more events (with the meaning of "next" or "after"), a cause - effect condition (as a synonymous of "as a result"), or to add some more details to a sentence (with the meaning of "in addition" or "moreover") :

2023年9月28日 · In (3), then has the normal sense (chronologically after), but in (4) it has the more "extended" sense of as a result [of what came before], in that case, therefore. To summarise: there's no grammatic or semantic difference in OP's specific examples, but if you're looking for general principles, you'll be safer if you put any transitional tag ...